018 Sarah Cavanagh
On today's epsiode I am absolutely delighted to introduce an inspiring and dedicated pharmacist who I consider a role model within our profession, Mrs Sarah Cavanagh. Sarah has nearly 30 years of healthcare and teaching experience in the NHS, the private, the academic and the voluntary sectors, in the UK and overseas. She starts her pharmacy career as a hospital pharmacist but during those key foundational years, she took two career breaks to explore her passion in global health which she continues to adore to this day. She spent some time working in a street clinic in Kolkata and then her second adventure involved travelling from Cape Town to Nairobi on a motorbike.
Soon after this she transitioned into her first specialist pharmacist role in Medicines Information (MI), a role which she knew she would love and the career pathway she knew she wanted to pursue long term. She has dedicated most of her pharmacy career to medicines information services, starting as a specialist pharmacist and working her way up to Deputy Director with East Anglia Medicines Information Services, and now a national role as the Deputy Director of Medicines Use & Safety at SPS
I cannot neglect to mention that Sarah pursued her side passion in Global Pharmacy and Global Health alongside all of these incredibly amazing roles. She spent 2+ years as the Chief Pharmacist at West Gonja Disctrict Hospital in Ghana through VSO. She was also the Lead for Ipswich Hospital - Beira Hospital (Mozambique) NHS Partnership. Her most recent project has been her involvement with the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association Global Health Fellowship Program which I discuss in detail in Episodes 9, 14 and 15 of the podcast.
I look forward to hearing about Sarah's next adventure! I really hope you enjoy this episode and all the stories Sarah kindly shares with us.
Things we discuss, things Sarah has been involved with, and some more information about her travels:
Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies’ latest report
An article in the PJ regarding Sarah's travels to Mozambique
Research around Developing nurse medication safety training in a health partnership in Mozambique using behavioral science.
Research on How Behavioural Science can contribute to health partnerships: the case of The Change Exchange.
Social media links for Sarah:
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