Conference Speaker Biography

Mark Radford

Consultant Nurse (Perioperative Emergency Care)
Good Hope Hospital
Heart of England Foundation Trust
Visiting Lecturer in Clinical Nursing – Birmingham City University
President – British Anaesthetic & Recovery Nurses Association

Profile

Mark was appointed as Consultant Nurse in March 2003, after working mainly in the critical and acute care fields. In addition to clinical work, he also managed a project with the NHS Modernisation Agency in emergency care and advanced practice roles.

Mark has been a member of the executive committee for the British Anaesthetic & Recovery Nurses Association (BARNA) since 1997, Chairing the Association from 1999 - 2001. He is currently President of the Association. Mark is the founding editor of the British Journal of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing in 1999.

He is currently reading his PhD in sociological perspectives on advanced practice nursing and works as a Visiting Lecturer at the Birmingham City University. Mark and his team publish widely on emergency care and perioperative issues, and has edited a booked entitled ‘Advancing Perioperative Practice. His wife is a GP in Birmingham and has two daughters Eleanor and Isobel. He is a keen mountaineer, with trips to Scotland and European Alps, climbing several 4000 meter peaks including Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Weissmies and Breithorn.

Mark will be closing the conference this year, he is an inspirational speaker and he has taken the opportunity to introduce himself here. We look forward to meeting you all at conference. Watch this blog for further speaker introductions.