I studied medicine at Nottingham University. After qualifying with Bachelor of Medical Science (2:1) then Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery I worked as a junior doctor in Nottingham and passed Membership of the Royal College of Physicians exam. I then started training in Cardiology in Brighton then in London. When I had completed a British Heart Foundation research project in Brighton I was awarded the Doctor of Medicine degree. My first consultant post was at Lewisham Hospital London in 1994. In 2004 I started as part time Consultant Cardiologist at Salisbury Hospital.