I am married with 2 children. I trained in Birmingham,Leicester and Manchester where I was a Clinical Lecturer at the University. I have been working at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre at Blackpool as a consultant since 1997. I set-up the complex device service at Blackpool and am a high volume Coronary interventionist. I have managed the cardiac dept for 10 years as clinical Director and am the current Divisional Director for Unscheduled Care Division .