Bitesize Chunks of Haematology

I'm a Principal Biomedical Scientist Advanced Practitioner in Morphology with a passion for all things morphology and training. I fell into Haematology quite by accident after taking a temporary MLA position in Blood Transfusion in the early 1990s. From there I quickly realised it was where I was meant to stay.

After moving through the ranks of MLA, Trainee MLSO, multidisciplinary MLSO, and Health & Safety Lead for my department I moved from my local DGH to a large University Teaching Hospital to be a rotating Senior Biomedical Scientist. Shortly afterwards I became the Morphology Senior and the rest they say is history. It was early on in that role that I also became the Haematology Training Officer, a role I still hold today.

My current role as a Principal Biomedical Scientist Advanced Practitioner in Morphology, which I've held for 6 years, is one where I have a foot in the laboratory team and one in the clinical haematology team. It makes for a hugely interesting day.

My passion is in sharing my knowledge and expertise but also in learning from others, too. Morphology is such a subjective discipline that I want to take the fear out of it and make you fall in love with it as I have. One of my biggest joys is in sharing cases with the lab team or when I'm teaching post-graduate students

Bitesize Morphology was created during the COVID pandemic as a way to deliver training to our wider Haematology team across our Pathology network.

And now?
We even have Biochemistry and POCT team members joining in our sessions.