Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Education Scotland, Scotland

Kate is a Consultant Anaesthetist in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness and the Clinical Lead for Realistic Medicine in NHS Highland. She is also an Educational Lead with the Scottish Quality & Safety Fellowship and leads on the service design element of the programme. She has an interest in Peri-operative Medicine, particularly shared decision making, service improvement & redesign and reducing inequalities in experience & outcomes. She completed a Fellowship in Adelaide Women and Children’s Hospital in 2021, during which she developed her interest in clinical hypnosis & Nocebo effects. She is Mum to Alasdair and Daphne, wife to Colin and subordinate to one cat called Coco. She enjoys living in the Scottish Highlands, exploring it by bike, boot and board.