Following 26 years nursing in general practice for 10 years Carol was Gloucestershire ICB Respiratory Clinical Programme Group and is CYP Asthma Clinical Lead. Carol is 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 is current a trustee of the charity.  She is vice chair of the Lung Health Task Force and also co-chairs the Taskforce early and accurate diagnosis group. Carol received Queen’s Nurse award in 2007 and in 2016 was awarded an MBE for Services to Nursing and Healthcare.