The situation at St Mary’s remains extremely busy and we desperately need your help to keep the Emergency Department free for those who need it. She is also a Trustee of an Independent Hospital in London and Trustee of the White Ensign Association. She is a Non-Executive Director with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Currently, Inga is still a registered and validated nurse and undertakes a portfolio of work focusing on healthcare. In 2017, Commodore Kennedy was appointed Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service, a position she relinquished only recently. She was promoted to Commodore in 2015 and began serving as Inspector General of the Defence Medical Services the same year. After being promoted to Commander in 2005, she served in Afghanistan in 2011 and was made Captain in November of that year.

In 2000, she joined the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS). Having joined the Royal Navy Reserve in 1987, she undertook full-time reserve service between 19 as a senior midwife in the Royal Naval Hospital Gibraltar. A registered nurse, midwife and lecturer, she worked in the National Health Service between 19. Born in Aberdeen, she studied nursing at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh followed by postgraduate studies in Edinburgh and London. She has had a life-long career in healthcare, combining time in the NHS with service in the Royal Navy. Inga joined the Trust on 1 April 2022 as a Non-Executive Director. She has also been a volunteer and fundraiser for various charities and a magistrate on the Preston Bench. Melloney was awarded an OBE in the 2010 New Year Honours for legal and governance services. In addition, Melloney had had a parallel career as a Non-Executive Director in the NHS, serving on the boards of 3 NH S trusts, and as the Vice Chair of the Health Foundation. She developed the combined legal service department which now supports all the legal and governance matters for the Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund. Melloney is a corporate, charity and administrative law solicitor with 25 years of private sector commercial and corporate experience before becoming the head of the legal department for the Big Lottery Fund in 2013. Since June 2015, she has been the head of the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and the other grant programmes funded by LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) fines which directly supports the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant across the UK.

She is also Chair of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust which she joined in May 2017 and was appointed Chair on 1 November 2017. Melloney joined the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 5 October 2020.

In Another Life by Jo Cattell