Laura Scott Weatherby
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health
Profile
Biography
Laura qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in 2005. She has worked extensively across the Yorkshire region, primarily within older adults' community mental health services.
Before transitioning to nurse education, Laura held a strategic role where she was responsible for nursing standards across mental health and learning disability services.
Laura joined the University of York in 2015, where she teaches on pre-registration nursing programmes. Her academic interests focus on improving mental healthcare for older adults and their carers, as well as supporting service users with complex needs.
Beyond her clinical and academic roles, Laura spent eight years as a Fitness to Practise panel member for the Nursing and Midwifery Council, reflecting her strong interest in professional regulation and the maintenance of high standards within the nursing profession.
Qualifications
- RNMH
- Registered NMC Teacher
- BN (Hons) Nursing Studies
- MSc Health Professional Education
- FHEA
Departmental roles
- Member of Board of Studies
- Member of the Fitness to Practise Committee
Publications
Selected publications
- Developing a realistic residential simulation environment (Poster presentation) Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber Clinical Skills Network Inaugural Conference: Better Together Leeds, 17th July, 2014
- Designing a residential simulation environment for collaborative teaching & learning across the School of Health & School of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford (Poster presentation) 13th Annual Learning, Teaching & Assessment Conference: Design for Learning Bradford, 5th July 2014
- The 15 Step Challenge in mental health and learning disability inpatient services (Poster presentation) 5th National Mental Health & Learning Disability Nurse Conference: Upholding the Public Trust Leeds 14th June, 2013
- Using the 15 Step Challenge as a quality measure in mental health services (Oral presentation) Improving Dignity & Respect in Healthcare: A Learning Event Leeds, 17th May, 2013
Teaching
Undergraduate
Pre-reg nursing:
- Psychoilogical and sociological aspects of health and wellbeing (stage 1) - Seminar lead BSc
- Evidence-based nursing for practice (Stage 2) - Seminar Lead and Deputy Module Lead BSc
- Psychological and sociological apsects of ill health (Stage 2) - Module team member RNDA
- Applying psychological and sociological aspects to complex care (Stage 3) Seminar Lead BSc
External activities
Memberships
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
