Emma is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with an extended scope of surgical practice currently working in General and Breast Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. Emma previously worked in various Nurse Practitioner/Specialist Nurse roles in hepatobiliary and gastroenterology services. Her earlier experience includes research and critical care nursing positions at the regional liver unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. In addition to her clinical practice, Emma is an experienced Expert Witness providing impartial expert opinion in clinical negligence cases with extensive knowledge of the medical-legal system.