Director of Nursing Marjory Mackay is our Director of Nursing Expand Marjory took up post at Strathcarron in 2002, having worked in a range of specialties and settings before taking up palliative care in 1993. She has a MSc in Palliative Care and joined the team from a lecturing position at the University of Glasgow.
Chief Executive Mags McCarthy, our Chief Executive, is responsible for the day to day running of Strathcarron Hospice. Expand Mags trained as a psychiatric nurse and has over 20 years' senior management experience in the third sector. She is passionate about person centred care for all, that ensures people are heard and are in control of their own journey. This has been the driver for Mags throughout her career when developing services to meet the needs within the community.
Consultants We have five Consultants in Palliative Care Medicine Expand Dr Gill Foster, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Medical Lead, has worked at Strathcarron Hospice since 1998. Gill originally trained as a GP then transferred her skills and experience to working in palliative care. She qualified as a Consultant in 2014. Gill has particular interests in education, communication training, renal palliative medicine, lymphoedema care and medicines management. She is a trained Project ECHO facilitator. Anna is a Scottish Gaelic speaker who completed her undergraduate medical training at St Andrews and Keele Universities before undertaking post-graduate medical training. Anna went on to complete her specialist Palliative Medicine training in Oxford and joined our Consultant team in June 2021. Anna's interests include medical education, undertaking systematic reviews, virtual consultations and the use of medications to improve symptoms. Anna is married with 3 children and enjoys sewing, crochet and hiking in her spare time. Dr Till Kroeber, Consultant in Palliative Medicine joined Strathcarron Hospice in 2011, prior to which he was a Consultant at Farleigh Hospice in mid-Essex and the mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in Chelmsford since 2006. Till provides palliative medical support to Forth Valley Royal Hospital as well as Strathcarron and he has special interest in acupuncture and electronic records. Dr Sarah Miller has been employed as Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Strathcarron Hospice since 2014. She has an interest in acute hospital palliative care, particularly in managing symptoms in people with respiratory and cardiac conditions, and is the lead for palliative medicine in Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Sarah is a supervisor for doctors in training and is involved in medical education and staff support. Outside of work, Sarah is married, and enjoys leading a local Girlguiding unit, running and open water swimming. She also enjoys island hopping and has visited over 90 Scottish islands. Catriona graduated from Aberdeen University and completed training in Palliative Medicine in Edinburgh. She came to work at Strathcarron in 2023 after over 21 years as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Lanarkshire. She enjoys providing excellent hospice care to patients and families, and also works with the CNS team covering the communities of Falkirk and Grangemouth. She has particular experience in service development, training and teaching . She spent her childhood in Alloa and Callander and is pleased to be working in her home region of Forth Valley.
Director of Operations Billy Andrew is our Director of Operations and Company Secretary. Expand Billy has an MBA from Strathclyde Business School and joined the Hospice from Marie Curie in 2008 following a career in Management consultancy.