Carly Le Marechal

Carly Le Marechal (she/her) is an experienced nurse and lecturer with a strong background in acute and critical care, public health, and safeguarding. After qualifying as an adult nurse, Carly undertook further training in Health Visiting, achieving dual registration as an Adult Nurse and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor). She holds an MSc in Public Health Practice, where her dissertation explored parental decision-making around infant sleep location through an unpublished literature review.

Carly has extensive experience in safeguarding, having worked for many years as a Specialist Safeguarding Nurse—a role that included responsibilities as a Child Death Nurse. Her work in this area led to a trust-wide quality improvement project on safeguarding supervision, alongside training in restorative supervision and qualification as a Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA).

Currently a Nurse Lecturer at Solent University, Carly leads modules in Public Health, Anatomy & Physiology, and Associate Practitioner education. She is also an External Examiner and an active researcher, with interests in improving support for health professionals following child deaths and in raising career aspirations among nursing and healthcare students. Her recent projects include action research on inclusivity in nursing education and a funded innovation project on simulated public health practice learning.

Carly is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and has been recognised for excellence in teaching and curriculum innovation. She is passionate about developing future nursing professionals and advancing evidence-based practice in public health and safeguarding.