Nicola Bedlington

Nicola Bedlington is Secretary General of the European Patients’ Forum and joined as its first Executive Director in June 2006. She was the founding Director of the European Disability Forum, an umbrella organisation uniting over 70 European disability NGOs to advocate for the human rights and inclusion of disabled citizens in Europe. Prior to this, Ms Bedlington worked as an external expert for the European Commission, heading the NGO unit within the Helios Programme