Born Birmingham 17/10/1947    

Educated at Glenalmond College, Glenalmond, Perthshire and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School

MB BS (Lond) 1972, MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) 1972, DRCOG 1974, DCH RCS (Eng) RCP (Lond) 1975, MRNZCGP 1978, DFFP 1993, FRNZCGP 1998

HS, General Surgery, The Middlesex Hospital, London 1972 - 1973
HP, General Medicine, City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent 1973
SHO, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Southampton General Hospital 1973 - 1974
SHO, Psychiatry, Professorial Unit, Knowle Hospital, Fareham 1974
SHO, Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth 1974 - 1975

Medical Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1975
Medical Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Wellington Hospital October 1975 - May 1976

General Practice, Wellington 1976 - August 1983
Medical Officer, Wellington Prison
Visiting Medical Officer, Radiotherapy Department, Wellington Hospital 1980 - 1983, involved with the establishment of the Wellington Hospice
Clinical Lecturer, Wellington Clinical School of Medicine

General Practice, St Leonards on Sea 1983 - present