Carol was RCPCH Vice President for Health Policy from 2014 to 5 March 2019. Before that, she was RCPCH Workforce Planning Officer.
As well as advocating nationally to improve outcomes for children, Carol has helped to develop and implement quality standards and models of care to improve child health and services.
Carol worked as a Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (previously at Booth Hall) for 24 years. Her special interests are paediatric allergy/atopic eczema.
From 2004 to 2012, Carol led on strategic workforce development for a large scale reconfiguration of Greater Manchester’s children’s and maternity services.
From 2013 to 2014, Carol was clinical lead for children’s services for Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria Strategic Clinical Network (SCN), NHS England.
She is currently a clinical adviser to Greater Manchester Strategic Clinical Network, and co-author of a city-wide child health and wellbeing strategy.