Mike is Chair of the College of Operating Department Practitioners (CODP) Education and Standards Committee and has academic experience as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and clinical experience at Blackpool Victoria Hospital where he commenced his ODP (ODA) career in 1983. Mike co-ordinates the Clinical and University Educator (CUE) Forums and also represents the College on several national groups including the Health Education England (HEE) ODP Expert Group and the Health and Care Professions Education Leads group. Mike also represented the College on the ODP Degree Apprenticeship Trailblazer group.