Carmel McCarthy
Carmel has been Nursing for over thirty years in both the UK and Republic of Ireland. The majority of her career has been spent within Primary Care and she has a special interest in women’s health. She is the Contraception & Sexual Health Lead Nurse with the University of Nottingham Health Service; the largest single site GP Practice in the UK, with a Practice population of approximately 50,000 patients.
Carmel is a Diplomate member of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) with Letters of Competence in intrauterine contraception and subdermal implant fitting. She is a Faculty Registered Trainer and a non-medical prescriber.
She spent three years as a member of the FSRH events committee, planning and chairing sessions at the Faculty’s annual conferences, and is currently a member of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum’s education committee. She has spoken at information events for organisations including Bayer, the University of Limerick, University of Nottingham Students’ Union, the Student Health Association, Ecorys UK and Nottingham Women’s Centre.
Carmel is passionate about improving access to sexual and reproductive health education and has recently founded her company, Macey SRH Ltd, as a platform to provide training and clinical guidance.
When not working, Carmel enjoys being taken for a walk by her pet Lurcher around Nottingham’s many beautiful parks and woodlands.