Role model: Carolyn Chew-Graham

To Carolyn Chew-Graham, being a doctor is not just about working with patients and their families, but also supporting the next generation of doctors to fulfil their potential.

She qualified from the University of Manchester medical school in 1984 after deciding on medicine as a career for personal reasons. “It was related to the death of my father when I was 14,” she says. “I felt I wanted to be involved in improving care for people, particularly older people and their families.”

Her first job was at Manchester Royal Infirmary, but general practice was the field she was drawn to. “What appealed most was the breadth of input into people’s lives from cradle to grave, being a …