Lindsey Butler graduated from King's College, London in 1995, and was Radiographer at King's College Hospital until 1998. She then moved to the Royal Brompton Heart and Lung Hospital where she worked as a Senior II Radiographer specialising in cardiac radiography. A change in speciality led her to Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon where she worked as a Senior I Radiographer in Accident and Emergency. In 2001 Lindsey moved to Bristol University Veterinary School to take up the position of small and large animal radiographer. In 2003 Lindsey returned to London as Radiographer at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, The Royal Veterinary College