Patrick Carragher Email & Phone Number

Dr Pat Carragher has been the Medical Director for Children's Hospice Association Scotland since 2006. He worked as a General Practitioner in a semi-rural practice in Scotland from 1987 to 2006, but he was also lead doctor at Rachel House (children's hospice) from1996 to 2006. His work is now a mixture of "hands on" clinical care for babies, children and young people with life shortening conditions in Rachel House, Robin House, CHAS at Home and in various hospitals across Scotland, as well as local, national and UK representative strategic work, mixed with elements of research. Since 2012 he has been Chair of the Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine (APPM). Before is Chair of the Scottish Children's and Young People's Palliative Care Network (SCYPPCN), and he is an executive member of the Scottish Children's and Young People's Executive (SCYPPEx), which has developed a national children's resuscitation policy, as well as a Framework for the Delivery of Palliative Care for Children and Young People in Scotland.In 2013, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Listed skills include Leadership and Training.