PCC is a powerful, independent voice for the public in health and social care in Northern Ireland. Meadhbha’s interests in advocacy, participation and policy-making lie particularly at the interface where social injustice and the social determinants of health impact most profoundly.
Meadhbha has over ten years’ experience in the homelessness, harm reduction and refugee sectors across UK and Ireland; delivering frontline services and engaging at a strategic level in policy design and service development. In 2015 she completed a Global Health Corps Fellowship, based in the US co-ordinating harm reduction services across Washington DC. Meadhbha holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. In 2025 Meadhbha completed a Centre for Peace and Democracy Fellowship.