Following 26 years in nursing in general practice Carol now works at Gloucestershire ICB Respiratory Clinical Programme Group and is CYP Asthma Clinical Lead. Carol is also a co-clinical lead of the NHSE Southwest Respiratory Network. Carol is past Executive Chair of PCRS – the first non-doctor and first female to take the chair. She has also served as Policy Lead for PCRS and is now a trustee of the charity. Carol is vice chair of the Taskforce for Lung Health and co-chairs their early and accurate diagnosis group. She is also a member of the NHS Long Term Plan Breathlessness Diagnosis group. Carol received Queen’s Nurse award in 2007 and in 2016 was awarded an MBE for Services to Nursing and Healthcare.