Yvonne Carter
| Yvonne Carter | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Yvonne Helen Carter 16 April 1959 |
| Died | 20 October 2009 (aged 50) |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Alma mater | St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London |
| Occupation | Dean of Warwick Medical School |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Michael Bannon (1988-2009; her death); 1 son |
Yvonne Helen Carter CBE DL FRCGP FMedSci (16 April 1959 – 20 October 2009) was a British general practitioner (GP or family doctor) and Dean of the Warwick Medical School, a post she took up in 2004, after being the Vice-Dean. Warwick Medical School is Britain's first medical school to only accept applications from graduates.
Her career as a GP spanned 20 years, practising in a succession of inner city communities in Liverpool, Birmingham, East London and, until 2007, in Coventry. She was also an academic GP and Honorary Consultant in Primary Care at Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust and a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. She was also Chair of the Comprehensive Local Research Network for West Midlands (South).
She was a Non-Executive Director of University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Regional Engagement at the University of Warwick. In 2008 she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of the West Midlands.
Carter attended Notre Dame High School in Liverpool. She first trained at London's St Mary's Hospital Medical School graduating in 1983 with a distinction in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
She completed a General Practice Vocational Training Scheme in Liverpool and became a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in 1987. In 1990 she became an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University and was awarded a three-year Royal College of General Practitioners Research Training Fellowship. She was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine in 1994 by the University of London. In the same year she was awarded a Fellowship of the RCGP.
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