Paul started his NHS career back in 1986, and has a background in electronic engineering, medical device management and training.
During his career, he has delivered training to over 10,000 staff and in 2010; he co-developed and launched the ‘ivDrip rate’ app, which has sold all over the world.
Paul also has a diploma in leadership and management plus a first class honours degree in education and training. He has written and published many articles and presented his research work on infusion devices and IV therapy at national and international conferences.
In 2017, Paul was seconded to NHS Improvement as the patient safety clinical lead for medical devices, investigated high-profile coroner’s cases, and worked on the national patient safety agenda. He is a member the NHS Medical Device Safety Officer (MDSO) Editorial Group and sits on the National Patient Safety Response Advisory Panel (NatRAP) that helps contribute to the development of NHS patient safety alerts.
At work, he heads up the team that manages and delivers the IV therapy-training programme, is a key member of the Safer Sharps Group and leads the medical gas-training programme for the Health Board.
Paul is a member of NIVAS, the RCT (Register of Clinical Technologists), IPEM (Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine) and a Registered Scientist (RSci) and an ambassador for the Science Council in the UK.
When NAMDET (National Association of Medical Device Educators and Trainers) was set up in 2011, Paul was one of the founder members. Paul is currently Chairman of NAMDET and helped grow the association to over 1,200 members with its own website, journal, national conference, as well as 7 regional groups established across the UK.
