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Junior Doctor
A junior doctor specialising in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine, based in Northwest England.
My professional interests include medical humanities, point-of-care ultrasound and global health
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Writer/Broadcaster
A multi-award winning essayist. My work aims to encourage deeper thinking at the interface of medicine, humanities and religion.
Telephone Lament for Coronavirus was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020, and Lent Talk Letter to Lydia was commissioned in 2021. I am a regular presenter for The Daily Service on BBC R4 LW
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Researcher
An NIHR academic clinical fellow with the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. My current research focus is on healthcare resilience.
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Other
Winner – Royal College of Anaesthetists’ photo competition 2017.
Developer – NW/ICS Logbook
Founder – Healthcare Expeditions International
I live with my wife and 2 daughters in Manchester. We enjoy playing music, gardening, rearing chickens, growing mushrooms, keeping bees and aim to live more sustainably and respectfully of the natural environment.