Dr John Scott - medical director
A Glaswegian by birth, John obtained his medical degree from St Andrews University in 1970.
As a doctor learning the
skills of anaesthetics he became interested in pre-hospital care. After
a short period of research in Canada he returned to Cambridge to finish
his training to become a general practitioner.
In 1976 he entered a general practice in Cambridge and over the next 21 years worked from that practice, helping it to expand considerably. Early in his time in Cambridge he joined the local immediate care scheme MAGPAS which allowed him to develop his ideas and interest in pre-hospital emergency care.
In 1988 he obtained the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care and then set up within BASICS (British Association of Immediate Care) a pre-hospital education movement that expanded from a local base to nationally and finally internationally run courses. He was awarded the first Hayward medal in recognition of this work in 1996.
In 1997 he joined the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust as Clinical Director moving from part time to full time as the clinical work within the Trust expanded, particularly in relation to the National Service Frameworks which set out the clinical agenda to be undertaken. With the merger of ambulance trusts he is now the Medical Director to the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
He is married to an Ophthalmologist and has five children. Self sufficiency in hen's eggs, bee's honey and trout, not to mention the occasional vegetable, leaves a little time to ensure the family horses have water-tight stables.
