Current NHS consultant posts held
Retired from NHS practice December 2020 after 35 years; the last 25 years as Consultant Physician at Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust . Here I was Clinical Director Sexual Health & HIV & Director of Medical Education
Research interests
Service development - developed the sexual health service at Kingston Hospital from scratch to a welcoming, modern and successful service with the focus on the patient
Medical Education- development of education faculty & induction processes to support resident doctors at Kingston Hospital
Holistic management of men & women with genital problems including genital pain & pain with sex
Personal interests
Long distance walking, cycling, opera & theatre
Awards received
Honours Pharmacology Final MBBS exam
Publications
Lead editor BASHH guidelines on PID, 2011
McCarthy G A, New patient information leaflets to accompany BASHH guidelines
Sexually Transmitted Infections 2012; 88:316
McCarthy GA, Cockell AP, Kell PD, Beevor AS, Boag FC. A Women-only Clinic for HIV, Genitourinary Medicine and Substance Misuse. Genitourin Med 1992; 68: 386-389.
McCarthy GA, Nandwani R, Boag F C. HIV sero prevalence and antenatal clinics. Lancet 1992; 339: 622
McCarthy GA, Boag FC. A women-only sexual health clinic. Matern Child Health 1993; 18: 42-46
McCarthy GA. Do women prefer single-sex GUM clinics? Nursing Times 1993; 89: (15) 59
McCarthy GA, Mercey D. The changing clinical features of HIV-1 infection in the United Kingdom. Communicable Disease Report 1994; 4: R53-58
McCarthy GA, Mercey D, Gibb DM, Vertical transmission of Kaposi�s sarcoma. Arch Dis Child 1996; 74: (5) 455-457
DH. Competencies for providing more specialised sexually transmitted infection services within primary care. Sep 2005. Gateway ref 5503. Member of working group and writing committee.
Published Abstracts and Presentations
S J O�Connor1, C Masterton-Smith, McCarthy G A. Improving Doctors Induction: making it relevant, interactive and enjoyable. DEMEC (Developing Excellence in Medical Education) Manchester, December 2019. Poster presentation
McCarthy G A, Norbrook M, Freeman S, Lightley C
Establishing a Level 2 Sexual Health Service for people with Learning Disabilities
BASHH Spring Meeting Oxford, July 2016. Poster presentation
McCarthy G A, Pakianathan M. Patterns of Chlamydia testing in primary care. BASHH Spring meeting Bath 2004. Poster presentation
McCarthy G A, Cockell A P, Kell P D, Beevor A S, Boag F C. A Women-only Clinic for HIV, Genitourinary Medicine and Substance Misuse. MSSVD meeting. Dublin, June 1992 (oral presentation)
McCarthy GA & Norbrook M,
Establishing an integrated level 2 sexual health service for people with learning difficuties
https://sti.bmj.com/content/92/Suppl_1/A83.3
O'Connor SJ, Masterton-Smith C, McCarthy G A. Improving Doctors Induction: making it relevant, interactive and enjoyable. DEMEC (Developing Excellence in Medical Education) Manchester, December 2019. Poster presentation
Nathan B, Waters J, Simms R, McCarthy GA
Introduction and trial of a Chemsex support service in a South West London Sexual Health clinic
Sexually Transmitted Infections 2015; 91: A63-A64.
Courses offered to GPs
Sexual Health cases in primary care
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