Karis Ramsay

Karis Ramsay is an advanced clinical practitioner and Concierge Medical’s Rural Health Lead, with over twelve years’ experience across the NHS and private healthcare and a particular focus on the health and wellbeing of farming communities.

Experience

Karis trained as a nurse at Glasgow Caledonian University and worked in community hospital and district nursing before becoming an advanced nurse practitioner in a Glasgow GP practice, where she was palliative lead for a complex care nursing home. She has since been a clinical facilitator for the Royal College of General Practitioners, training community pharmacists across England, and Clinical Learning and Development Lead for NHS Gloucestershire, supporting over 60 GP practices and leading pilot programmes on the wellbeing of people working in agriculture. She is also trained in mental health first aid through the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.

Special interests

• Rural and farming health
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Palliative care
• Clinical education

Outside work

Karis is based near Moreton-in-Marsh and has hands-on farming experience of her own.