Cat Playfair

Cat joined the University of East Anglia in October 2021 as a Lecturer in Nursing Sciences. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings in the UK and abroad. These include A&E, Intensive Care, Sexual Health and HIV, and as a medic in Tanzania and India with Raleigh International. 

Cat completed a Diploma in Tropical Nursing at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Masters in Global Public Health and Policy at Queen Mary University of London.

Cat is particularly interested in research and teaching around the issues of anti-racism, health inequalities, equality, diversity and inclusion, and global public health and policy. 

Cat has worked as a lecturer in nursing since 2017, having taught at Sheffield Hallam University before moving to East Anglia where she taught at the University of Suffolk before joining UEA.

Cat has published work on anti-racism in nursing education. She has spoken in webinars and at conferences about the subject of anti-racism in education (see web link below profile photo for a recording of one webinar from 2021).

Cat teaches across a number of modules and courses within the School of Health Sciences. She is the lead link lecturer for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn and APL Lead for the BSc Adult Nursing course. She also holds an advisory role for a number of learners including apprentices and post-registration students as well as undergraduate student nurses.