Faulds Wood was born on 25 March 1948 in Hillhead, Glasgow and grew up in Duck Bay on Loch Lomond side.

[1][4] Her early career in journalism involved periods at IPC Magazines' Woman (1977–79), the Daily Mail (1979–80) then "Lynn's Action Line" at The Sun.

She is best known for turning Watchdog into a peak time BBC One series, presenting the programme from 1985 to 1993 with her husband John Stapleton.

Faulds Wood found the symptoms for bowel cancer were different from those taught in GP training in medical schools.

[4] She also helped to create the world's first evidence-based guide to symptoms of her cancer, officially adopted by the Department of Health in 2000.

She chaired the British Standards Institution Consumer and Public Interest Network until 2013, and served as President and Patron of many charities and health organisations, with an honorary doctorate for services to bowel cancer.

As a barmaid there she first met British journalist and television presenter John Stapleton; the couple married in 1977.

[13] They had a son together, called Nick Stapleton (born 1987), who is a documentary journalist known for being part of the team on BBC One's Scam Interceptors.