Paul Newcombe is a senior nursing academic and healthcare consultant with extensive experience in emergency care education. Having held leadership positions at a number of London universities, he has led the development of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and is widely published in the field of urgent and emergency care. Sarah Laslett is a registered adult nurse with a clinical background as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner and a Clinical Nurse Specialist. A former senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, her teaching and research interests include health inequalities and social justice. She currently works in primary care and holds an honorary academic position.