Becca Scott

LMNS Head of Public Health and Prevention

As an experienced Midwife, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) and Public Health Practitioner, Becca has a passion for advocating the importance of the Best Start in Life.

 

Awarded with Membership of the Faculty of Public Health in 2022 for her contribution to Public Health, Becca has a proven track record of leading large-scale change across complex systems in health care, including the implementation of the NENC Tobacco Dependency in Pregnancy and Postnatal period pathway and NHS Long Term Plan.

 

Delivered using a health inequalities lens through a populational health management approach, her current portfolio of work includes tobacco dependency in pregnancy, perinatal mental health, breastfeeding, reproductive health and maternal healthy weight. Supporting the workforce, local systems, research and education through leading and creating a range of public health initiatives, a range of high-quality service improvements have been delivered in clinical practice to contribute to a reduction in health inequalities.

 

Through her career Becca has developed influencing, negotiating and planning skills as well as people and business management acumen. Communicating effectively, political awareness, emotional and business intelligence, understanding different views, engaging with and managing complexity and using these skills to solve problems and deliver results are key strengths.  She has also maintained a passion for teaching by providing lectures on numerous education programmes and providing coaching to strengthen the maternity, nursing and health visiting workforce.

 

If you would like more information, please contact Becca at: [email protected]