He has been a nurse since 1984 and has worked in the National Health Service and private healthcare across the United Kingdom. He has undertaken a variety of roles in a variety of specialities from practitioner to senior manager. Since the late 1990s He has developed a keen interest in HIV and sexual health, in particular how men experience the infection. This interest in the health of men led him to undertake the role of Co-Director of the European Men’s Health Development Foundation from 2004 to 2009.