Chappell, Robyn

Robyn sustained a spinal cord injury in 2006 and has needed 24 hour care ever since. Initially provided through traditional care agency services, Robyn moved to a personal health budget in 2015 which enabled her to employ her own PAs, and transformed both her health, and quality of life.

Robyn has used her lived experience to co-produce policy, strategy and service development with health systems and organisations for many years. She worked alongside National Voices as a Lived Experience Partner for 2 years before joining the team as Lived Experience Advisor.

As well as her work with National Voices, Robyn is a co-director of a Community Interest Company which provides information and peer support on personal health budgets, and consultancy on co-production. She is passionate about the value of lived experience and co-production in the development of health and care policy and services.