I am the Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine and Acute Frailty. I also review complaints and author serious incident reports. Common themes are delays in the treatment of: • Sepsis • Acute kidney injuries • Chest pain • Pulmonary embolism/venous thromboembolism (VTE) • Delirium • Falls • Seizures • Complications of alcohol I manage diabetes and endocrine patients both acutely (like acute diabetic feet/DKA) and long term (conditions like diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal conditions, osteoporosis and hypercalcaemia).

Assessment and management of patients with organic psychiatric disorders, including acquired brain injury, and progressive neurological conditions like dementia, Huntington’s disease, Tourette's syndrome, complex epilepsy, non-epileptic seizures and conversion/functional neurological disorders • Sleep disorders • Alcohol-related brain injury Consulting address: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Sid Watkins Building, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool , L9 7BB

Subspecialty expertise in epilepsy, encompassing all aspects relating to the causes, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment (medical and surgical) of epilepsy other than of conditions and syndromes exclusive to childhood • Expertise in common conditions misdiagnosed as epilepsy (e.g. faints, psychogenic non-epileptic attacks) • Experience in psychiatric conditions complicating epilepsy (e.g. post-seizure psychoses, automatisms during and after seizures) and advising on occupational health matters relating to epilepsy • Trained in report writing and court appearances