Progress and education in diabetes care

摘要

Please could you give us an overview of your professional background to date? After qualifying in medicine and completing house officer posts I joined the Royal Navy on a 5-year commission that included a year as a medical officer on HMS Endurance, the Antarctic patrol vessel, during the Falklands War. I left the navy, completed my vocational training in GP in 1984 and went into practice in Surrey (UK). At the same time I became a clinical assistant in the diabetes unit at Kingston Hospital (UK). I have worked nearly all my professional life in both specialist settings (including three hospitals) and general practice.