I came into medicine a little later in the life than some, after a five-year career in Sport. During this time, I travelled around the UK and parts of Europe. I also gained a lot of life experience and learnt some tough life lessons along the way! After an unfortunate accident, which ended my career, I decided to re-train to be a doctor.
I attended Leicester University in 2000 and achieved my Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) in 2005. After two years of rotating through medicine and surgery as a House Officer and then as a Senior House Officer (SHO), I decided to specialise in Psychiatry.
Over the next three years I completed my training in a variety of Psychiatric Specialities, including:
In 2011, after the birth of my child, I returned to work and took up a Staff Grade post in the Worcestershire Home Treatment Team. This is a general adult service (18 - 65 years) that works with patients during acute episodes of mental illness, to provide an alternative to psychiatric hospital admission.
I continue to work in this service, for the NHS, as an Associate Specialist, on a part time basis. For approximately four years, I was medically leading the Home Treatment team in the North of the County, until a Substantive Consultant was recruited in December 2020.
I am a Section 12 Approved doctor, which means I have been recognised under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act, as having specific expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder and had training in the application of the Mental Health Act.
