Headshot of Judy Newton.

Judy Newton

MND Nurse Consultant
University of Edinburgh

Judy is Scotland's Lead MND Nurse Consultant and Clinic Manager of the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic in Edinburgh.

Having trained as a Registered General Nurse in Glasgow in 1988, Judy’s career led straight to that of neuroscience nursing. Her first MND post was that of MND Clinical Nurse Specialist for the South East of Scotland in 1998. Judy completed a Master’s Degree in Cognitive Assessment in MND, and following the announcement to double the number of MND nurses in Scotland, was appointed to the newly created post of MND Nurse Consultant in 2016, funded by Scottish Government, MND Scotland and the University of Edinburgh.