个人简介

I graduated from Swansea University in 1974 with a BSc(Hons) in Microbiology/Zoology. After graduation I achieved state registration with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (now the Health Care and Professions Council(HCPC)) in Microbiology. I have worked in diagnostic microbiology laboratories within the NHS for nearly 40 years at all grades and was finally laboratory manager of the Microbiology Laboratory at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley where I ran a department diagnosing bacterial and viral infections. I am also a microbiology technical assessor for United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) (formerly Clinical Pathology Accreditation(CPA)UK Ltd) whose role it is to establish competency with international standards within diagnostic laboratories both in the public and private sector