Carolyn McDonald
Carolyn is the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) and has been in the post since January 2020.
Carolyn graduated as an occupational therapist in Dublin in 1985 and has worked all of her professional life in Scotland holding various clinical roles across acute and community settings, within older people and children’s services as well as in public health research.
Before taking up post as CAHPO, Carolyn was the Director for Allied Health Professions in NHS Fife where she held a strategic leadership role for all of the AHPs leading on their contribution to the delivery of national and local policy including the implementation of the legislation on the integration of health and social care.
As CAHPO, Carolyn oversees the strategic direction for the third largest of NHS Scotland workforce, the 14 Allied Health Professions and leads on international health issues from an AHP perspective. Carolyn is the National Clinical Lead for Rehabilitation.
Carolyn is an honorary professor at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
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