Margaret Scott, LLM (Medical Law), PGDAPL, BSc, RN is Senior Lecturer and acting Programme Leader, Pre-Registration Health Studies, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She has recently been accepted as a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.

Margaret Scott has 29 years’ nursing experience having worked predominantly in operating departments and anaesthetics prior to moving into nurse education.  She is very safety focused due to working for many years in such a high-risk work environment and is committed to raising awareness and making a difference in providing safer care.