I am a practising NHS Physician with speciality training in respiratory, general and sleep medicine. I am an active researcher and Principal Investigator in several trials in lung medicine and Director of Research at Musgrove Park Hospital, currently I am Secretary of the British Thoracic Society. Through the South West Sleep Clinic I mainly see people with cough, breathlessness and breathing problems, sleep disorders, insomnia and snoring. I see the full range of general medicial specialties at Musgrove in my NHS practice. I offer a number of specialist services including sleep studies, bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy for pleural effusions.