Professor Scarlett McNally

Professor Scarlett McNally OBE BSc MB BChir FRCS(Tr&Orth) MA MBA FAcadMEd HonMFPH MRSPH FRSM

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Eastbourne (since 2002). Until Feb 2026: Deputy Director of the Centre for Perioperative Care: www.cpoc.org.uk = FREE stuff on how to halve complications and get awesome team-working. Honorary Clinical Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. BMJ columnist – 65 articles FREE at https://www.bmj.com/search/advanced/mcnally. Previous Council member Royal College of Surgeons of England (2011-2021 = the ninth woman ever) and  Medical Women’s Federation president (2023-25). Won awards for Doctors’ Assistants. Lead author of Exercise the miracle cure. I write and speak about exercise, health, empowerment, workforce, bullying, education, fixing the NHS and valuing everyone. Mother of 4 adults. Patient, living with myeloma, cardiac amyloidosis, stem cell transplant and had TWO hip replacements (one as a day case). Active travel advocate, especially electric-cycles. OBE in King’s 2026 New Year’s Honours for services to Medicine, Surgery and the NHS.