Nicola Steedman
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Professor Nicola Steedman is the Scottish Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Life
Steedman was born and brought up in Ireland and she went to Cambridge University. She went on to do medical training in Oxford.[1]
In 2012 she returned to Scotland to work for the Scottish Government as Senior Medical Officer.[1]
In 2017 she first began to work for National Services Scotland (NSS) part time in the Information Services Division where she worked as the National Clinical Lead for Maternity and Reproductive Health Data.[2]
In June 2019 she started work again for NSS as Medical Director for Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities.[2]
Near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland she was asked to return again as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.[1]
In 2021 she was still working as Scotland's Deputy Chief Medical Officer partnering Nicola Sturgeon giving briefings on the continuing restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Positions
Steedman is an Honorary Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University and Honorary Consultant in HIV Medicine at NHS Lothian.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Celebrating International Women's Day 2021 – meet Dr Nicola Steedman". National Services Scotland. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ a b c "New Medical Director - Dr. Nicola Steedman :: NHS National Procurement". www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Cite error: The named reference "nss" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Government, Scottish (2021-07-20), COVID-19 press conference - 20 July 2021, retrieved 2021-07-20