Dr Stephanie Barrett has over 17 years consultant grade experience, as a consultant rheumatologist. Her background was as the clinical lead rheumatologist at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for 8 years.

She led a large team of doctors, 4 nurse specialists, physiotherapists and podiatrists, where she set up an early inflammatory arthritis clinic, osteoporosis clinic, joint paediatric clinic and joint injection clinic.

Catherine is the RCGP / Marie Curie National End of Life Care Clinical Champion. She is a Macmillan GP in Kingston, clinical commissioner and educationalist with 7 years experience as a specialty doctor in palliative medicine.

Catherine has experience as London Co-Clinical Director for EoLC Network. She chairs the London EoLC CCG Leads Advisory Group, which acts as a sharing and learning forum for London EoLC commissioning as well as being an expert reference group.

Catherine is RCGP South London Faculty Educational Chair.  She is co-founder and clinical lead for Difficult Conversations; providing training to NHS and Social Care staff on how to have compassionate conversations with people and their families at the end of their lives.

Catherine sits on the Compassionate Communities UK board, supporting the development of compassionate and supportive networks in our communities.

For more information please go to – www.difficultconversations.org.uk