Premium Content Subscriber only THROUGH all the hardships and challenges COVID-19 presented over the past year, Ipswichâs 2021 Senior Citizen of the Year believes it has made the world a kinder place. For former nurse and midwife Pam Lane, her hard work and dedication to the city and its people did not end when she retired close to a decade ago. She arrived in Ipswich in 1993 after being appointed as director of nursing and rose up the ranks to become West Moreton Healthâs CEO seven years later. Pam Lane with her trophy on Wednesday. Since then Ms Lane has taken on a number of board roles and serves as president of the Ipswich Club; only the second woman to do so in the groupâs long history.