Dawn Stott

Dawn has worked in healthcare for 30 years in many different roles. She is a published author and a human factors/quality improvement consultant. After 14 years, she retired from her role as AfPP CEO to pursue other opportunities. She has an all-round understanding of healthcare from primary care commissioning through to secondary care interventions. Some of her previous roles have included commissioning new hospital and GP surgery builds, IT implementation programmes, customer care, team building and leadership training strategies. Since ‘retiring’ Dawn has also joined the British Association of Day Surgery as their Lay Member and she is also working with Pentland Medical supporting their work around airway management and patient safety. Also, along with a business colleague she has started the Yorkshire Charity Leadership Group – a peer group to support senior members of staff working in the charity sector. Her philosophy is that kindness is infectious and should be at the core of everything we do, kindness can support change and encourage growth for everyone around you, so BE KIND.