Mike has worked in the NHS since 1981 and following qualification as a Registered Nurse spent the majority of his professional career working in Operating Theatres. He worked at various hospitals in South Wales taking up post of Theatre Manager at East Glamorgan Hospital in 1995.

He moved into Service Improvement in 2003, first with the Innovations in Care team, based at the Welsh Assembly Government, managing the National Theatre Improvement and Day Surgery programmes. Since then he has worked in the National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare (NLIAH) and the Delivery & Support Unit.

He led the ‘Transforming Theatres’ programme for Wales and led work around reducing Hospital Acquired Thrombosis. He also has a particular interest in ‘Human Factors’ in healthcare.

He received a MBA from the University of Glamorgan in 2004.

He was recently appointed as Head of Patient Safety for 1000 Lives Improvement Service of Public Health Wales.