Clare Inkster

Clare Inkster began working in the Deanery in October 2013, following a longstanding interest in medical education. Born and raised in Manchester, she has spent most of her life in the North West, apart from a few years in Liverpool where she attended medical school.
For the past 13 years, Clare has been a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Royal Bolton Hospital, with a specialist interest in oculoplastic surgery. Regionally, she has held roles as Training Programme Director for Ophthalmology and as Regional Advisor. Nationally, she continues to contribute as Chair of the Quality of Assessment Subcommittee on the National Training Committee, and she played a key role in the development of national recruitment for her specialty.
Her educational interests include reflective practice, mentoring, assessment, and fostering international links. In her current role as Associate Dean, Clare is responsible for all psychiatry specialties, including core training, and oversees patch responsibilities for all psychiatry trusts across the North West. She also has patch responsibility for Salford Royal and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trusts. Additionally, she is leading efforts to develop reflective practice training across the Deanery.
Clare continues to hold several national roles, including membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Quality Standards Development Group and the VISION 2020 Links Steering Committee. Through the latter, she supports the development of educational international eye care partnerships between UK eye units and partners in the developing world. She personally leads a Link between the Guinness Eye Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, the Eye Unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital, and the North Western Deanery.