Kathy is a community pharmacist and owns a pharmacy in Duleek, Co. Meath. She is a former President of the Irish Pharmacy Union (2014-2016) and is the current Chair of the Pharmacy Contractors Committee of the IPU. Kathy has been involved in all recent developments in community pharmacy from seasonal flu vaccination service, emergency hormonal contraception without prescription, COVID-19 vaccination service and the free contraception scheme.
Kathy has post-graduate diplomas in Community Pharmacy (QUB), in Women’s Healthcare Management in Primary Care (PCTC, Bradford), Diabetes Management in Primary Care (PCTC, Bradford), Cardiology in Primary Care (PCTC, Bradford) and is currently enrolled in an MSc in Positive Health in RCSI, incorporating disciplines of lifestyle medicine and positive psychology.
Kathy is keen to enhance the delivery of safe and effective healthcare in the community, delivering the right level of care at the appropriate setting, involving patients in shared decision-making about their health journey, with the aim of improving quality of life at every stage. Kathy believes that expanding pharmacy services, using pharmacists’ clinical skills, will deliver this for the benefit of the patient and the state.