BM University of Southampton 1993

Born and educated in Jersey before completing medical training at Southampton University medical school, qualified, BM, 1993
Spent 10 years in hospital medicine, Mostly in Cornwall but including time in Salisbury, Cardiff and New Zealand, before completing GP training in Cornwall 2003.
Interests; cardiology/respiratory/dermatology/neurology/elderly care/musculoskeletal (particularly shoulders/hips and knees) and carry out minor surgery and joint injections.

BM BA Bch Oxford 1987

MRCP (UK) 1993

My very first job as a doctor was in Truro and I have remained in Cornwall ever since, apart from a 'temporary' 5 year spell in and around London gaining a broad range of experience including Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. I also spent 6 months working in a rural mission hospital in Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa in 1995.

I joined Westover Surgery in 2004 and became Senior Partner in 2016.

I have developed an interest and expertise in joint and soft tissue injections.

I enjoy running, cycling and my garden and sailing when the weather is nice enough.

Specialist Interest: Women's Health including contraception and menopause.

BA (Hons) Geography 2002

MBBS Brighton and Sussex Medical School 2008

Diploma in Emergency Medicine / DIPEC South Africa 2010

Diploma in FSRH 2017

Post qualification, I travelled to South Africa to work as a doctor in Emergency Medicine. On returning to Cornwall I decided to train as a GP.

I now have a specialist interest in Sexual and Reproductive Health having just gained my diploma in that area. I fit coils and implants at the surgery. 

Outside work, I enjoy sea swimming and running the Cornish coast paths.

MBBS St Marys Paddington 1996

BSc UCL 1995

DRCOG 2003, MRCGP 2004

Interests in Cardiology, Oncology, Palliative Care and Orthopaedics

I am also working as a GPsI in Oncology at the Sunrise Centre at Treliske. 

After growing up in London and going to medical school there I left for my first job in Portsmouth planning to return to the big city. But once I discovered there really was life outside London I never returned.

I worked in the Lake District, Liverpool, Nottingham, Barnstaple, Plymouth and Australia; covering jobs such as Orthopaedics, Anaesthetics and ITU, Psychiatry, Oncology and Cardiology.

I completed my GP training in Mevagissey in 2004 and decided to stay here in beautiful Cornwall. I worked as a GP in a practice in Helston from 2004 until 2017.

I enjoy music and most especially football LFC YNWA.

Together with my wife and three kids we enjoy the outdoors, cycling, swimming, surfing and kayaking.

Specialist interests : Paediatrics, Gynaecology - Pessary Insertion.

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Musculoskeletal First Contact Practitioner