Luton Community Services, Honorary Consultant, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

British Medical Association
Association of Palliative Medicine
Christian Medical Fellowship
Affliate of the Royal College of Physicians (Lon)

I mainly deal with symptom management issues relating to cancer and chronic non-cancer illness, which are incurable. I take a ‘total’ approach to patient centred care, looking at the physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimension of illness and seek to address these issues as best I can within a consultation. My work often involves dealing with difficult ethical issues such as artificial feeding and drinking, sedation and issues around end of life care.

I qualified as a ‘mature’ student, doing my pre-clinical training at St Andrew’s University, Fife, followed by my clinical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London. I initially qualified as a GP in Bournemouth. I then worked for over two years in Psychiatry in Poole, Dorset. I then decided to pursue palliative medicine as a career. I did my specialist training as a registrar in the West Midlands, working mostly around Warwickshire. I completed my training to become a consultant in palliative medicine in Sept 2007. After various locums, I took up my first consultant post in Luton, based both in the community and hospital.

I am a practicing Christian and attend an evangelical CoE church in Barnet, London.
I am preparing to run the Virgin London Marathon to raise money for Keech Hospice Care, Luton.
I also enjoy playing squash, eating out and cinema.