I have been a Consultant in Emergency Medicine since 1996. I worked for over 10 years in the air ambulance service (HEMS). 

 

I completed medical school in 1989 and trained on a surgical rotation in Glasgow, receiving the FRCSEd in 1993. I commenced higher specialist training in Emergency Medicine in 1994 and was appointed Consultant at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital in 1996. 

 

In 1992, I was awarded the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 

 

I was awarded the Queen's Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals for my pre-hospital emergency work. 

 

I was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) in 1997. 

 

In 2000, I was awarded my PhD by the University of Birmingham for work on developing body armour for the police. This arose from my development work for the Home Office and the Police Federation on officer safety programmes, addressing protection from knives and bullets.  

I currently work part-time, as a Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the UK and hold a part-time position as a senior Emergency Physician in Beilinson Hospital, Israel.

 

I left the NHS after serving as Clinical Director of Urgent Care and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Kettering Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I also served as a part-time Consultant Trauma Team Leader at St Mary’s Hospital Major Trauma Centre in London for three years. Prior to this, I was Lead Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust having previously served for 14 years as a Consultant at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. 

I served as Emergency Planning Officer for the Trust, writing, exercising and responding to major incidents. 

 

I hold the position of Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Warwick Medical School. I have an active and extensive research portfolio.

 

I serve as an external examiner for a Masters programme at Queen Mary’s University London.

 

Until a couple of years ago, I served as an examiner to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

 

I was an active pre-hospital doctor regularly working with the ambulance service at the scenes of major accidents and patient entrapments, between 1994 and 2014. 

I worked as a HEMS (air ambulance) doctor for 12 years, serving as Clinical Director of the Midlands Air Ambulance for three years. I later served as the clinical audit lead and training doctor for the Air Support Unit at Great Western Ambulance Service. I have published a series of books on air ambulance work.

I currently serve as a medical advisor to the Ministry of Defence serving as a member of SACMILL (Scientific Advisory Committee on Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons).

 

I sat on government advisory committees for disaster and emergency planning (EPCLAG and CBRN advisory group). This supported the provision of advice and expertise in writing national guidance and policy documents and development of the national response to CBRN, ‘big bang’ and ‘rising tide’ incidents. I was a contributor to the 2005 National Emergency Planning Guidance.

 

I was awarded my PhD by the University of Birmingham for work on developing body armour for the police. This arose from my development work for the Home Office and the Police Federation on officer safety programmes, addressing protection from knives and bullets.