Caroline Smith

Caroline Smith is a freelance writer with more than 35 years of experience in journalism, now based in Golders Green. Over the years she has produced feature stories for magazines and newspapers, biographical essays for reference books, and medical and technical copy for a multinational pharmaceutical company. During the pandemic she co-wrote a music business memoir, and over the last three or four years has returned to a childhood passion: writing short fiction. She serves as co-chair of Community Outreach for the Hampstead Women’s Club.

Since the age of 14 Caroline has lived with a chronic gastrointestinal condition which has at times sidelined her career, but has also opened her eyes to healing from both the patient’s and physician’s perspectives and given her a bird’s eye view of healthcare systems in the United States, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. For the last six or seven years she has served as an Expert by Experience at UCL, sharing her experiences with both first and fourth-year medical students, and has worked in PPI and PPE with the Department of Primary Care Research and Population Health at the Royal Free Hospital. She hopes to use her experience and expertise as a patient and member of the public to provide valuable feedback for the SPCR Public Steering Committee.