by admin | 18/05/2020 | News, PGVLE
My skill set and experience has allowed me to work from home during this COVID pandemic. Surgical training the world over has been majorly impacted so making sure that this is mitigated is vital as prepare to live and work in a new world. Since April 1st I’ve...
by admin | 15/04/2020 | Reflections
During this crisis, orthopaedic surgery has become a supporting specialty. The trauma has been still been coming in and I credit my colleagues at both SaTH and at RJAH for doing a magnificent job for Shropshire in maintaining the highest possible standard of care...
by admin | 08/03/2020 | BON, Publications
This month my article on the ‘Birmingham Orthopaedic Network – Collaboration, Facilitation, Empowerment’ was published in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics In this article I highlight the awesome potential of trainees...
by admin | 01/11/2019 | Career Path, News
I’ve joined the team at Health Education England as the West Midlands Training Programme Director for Core Surgical Teaching on a 3-year secondment. My main role is to coordinate the delivery of the teaching programme for approximately 120 Core Surgical Trainees...
by admin | 02/09/2019 | Career Path
Today I’ve started consultant life at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). I’ve been appointed to complement the existing team in providing a general trauma service and also to further develop the arthroplasty service in order to maintain the...
by admin | 24/08/2019 | Professional Development
The Clinical Entrepreneur Training Programme is an exciting opportunity to learn how to take ideas and take them forward in a commercial way, something that most clinicians know nothing about. It was an interesting interview up in Leeds and I am delighted to have been...
by admin | 24/05/2019 | BON
This year was not our year, but I had a tremendous time at the HSJ Value awards in Manchester this year. On reflection being a finalist and receiving recognition for my work with the Birmingham Orthopaedic Network was tremendous, but it also whetted my appetite to...
by admin | 13/04/2019 | BON, Publications
Since starting in July 2017 the BON has gone from strength to strength. I’m proud to have got the BON involved with a tremendous national collaboration leading to the BON contributing to its first peer review...
by admin | 26/03/2019 | BON
The Birmingham Orthopaedic Network – A project i’ve been proud to have conceived, developed and implemented has been shortlisted for a Health Service Journal Award. Ignore the beard! For more information on the Birmingham Orthopaedic Network click here to...
by admin | 27/09/2018 | Professional Development
A successful conclusion to the BOA CLP 2017-18, achieving a successful project launch (The Birmingham Orthopaedic Network) and a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management & Leadership from the Chartered Management...
