Sarah Walpole

Before taking up post as National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow at NICE in 2021/22, Sarah completed her second year of Specialist Training in Infectious Diseases and Medicine in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sarah appreciates that Infectious Diseases training affords her the privilege of working directly with patients, and opportunity to gain experience of other clinical and public health roles, such as microbiology and IPC. Alongside clinical training, Sarah took an active role as a clinician representative in the North East’s Integrated Care System Sustainability Group, led the development of the Association of Medical Education in Europe’s Consensus Statement on Planetary Health, and contributed to Health Education England North East (HEENE)’s Dean’s Education Meeting (Quality) as trainee representative. She also led a SusQI (Sustainable Quality Improvement) project which set a baseline and implemented tools and education for patients and health professionals about inhaler prescriptions and techniques.

Sarah studied Medicine at Leeds University and a BSc in International Health at University College London. During Foundation Medical training, Sarah worked part time researching the health impacts of climate policies with WHO and as a Clinical Teaching Fellow in Sustainable Healthcare at Leeds University. She gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in 2014, before completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training and an MSc(Res) in Medical Education in 2015 and the RCP Diploma in Tropical Medicine in 2016. Sarah develops curricula and delivers teaching online and face-to-face, including as Associate Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle Medical School and for Bangladeshi junior doctors through Medglobal and Doctors Worldwide.