Christine Collins MBE retired from the Civil Service in 2005. Since retirement she has focussed on human rights and advocacy, with a particular interest in health and social care, disability, and rare disease. Ms Collins was the founding Chair of the Northern Ireland Rare Disease Partnership; a Patient Public Voice representative on the UK Rare Disease Advisory Group from its inception until April 2018; and is actively involved in the development and implementation of both the UK and Northern Ireland Rare Disease Strategies and Implementation Plans. Ms Collins was a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner from 2011 to 2017. She is a member of the Duty of Candour Work Stream, part of the implementation programme for recommendation arising from the Inquiry into Hyponatremia Related Deaths. She served as Chair of the Patient and Client Council from 2019 to 2022; and was appointed as interim Chair of the RQIA in June 2020. She was appointed as Chair of RQIA on 1 October 2022 for a four-year term.