About Dan

Dan is a working hospital doctor, and is engaged to Joanna who grew up and went to school in Stowmarket. Dan and Joanna are in the process of making their home in the heart of the constituency in Framlingham.

As a doctor, Dan works primarily in obstetrics, gynaecology and womens health. He has previously worked in a wide range of medical specialties including A&E, acute medicine, rheumatology, respiratory medicine, general surgery and trauma & orthopaedic surgery. Dan has also served on regional healthcare improvement committees including the Surrey and Sussex Patient Experience Task Group which improved the quality of care for older patients in Surrey and Sussex Healthcare, and more recently on a womens health task group promoting best practice in natural childbirth.

Dan also has a strong background in local government, is a previous Deputy Leader of Reigate and Banstead Council, and has delivered multi-million pound regeneration projects as well as the national award winning Preston Home Energy and Water Conservation project. He also has a law degree from Bristol University.

Outside of work, Dan volunteers his free time to charity, and has previously helped to set up medical and lifestyle advice clinics for the homeless and people with drug and alcohol misuse problems. At Christmas, he led a fundraiser for Help for Heroes.

Dan has always been an active sportsman. As a teenager, he played cricket to a good standard, and enjoys watching both Test Match and County Cricket. He still play golf when time permits to an 18 handicap (although this used to be better), and enjoys fishing. When his on call duties permit he remains a keen rugby player and until recently played on a social basis for Guys Hospital Rugby Club. Dan wants to get involved and play rugby and cricket in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and is looking for local teams to join, but this may have to wait until after the Election.

Dan's Position on the Local Issues

North West Ipswich, Kesgrave and Rushmere St Andrew

Dan will campaign to :-

• resist housing overdevelopment in North West Ipswich and the Kesgrave area.
• ensure that housing is only delivered together with with transport infrastructure, local jobs, local shops, sufficient local school places and public services.
• protect green open community spaces in new and existing urban housing development.
• support Suffolk County Council?s plans to improve standards in primary education with a new state of the art Primary School in Whitehouse and to secure sufficient primary and secondary school places Secondary local to Kesgrave.
• support the police in fighting anti-social behaviour.

Rural Communities

Dan will campaign to :-

• support Suffolk farmers and campaign for a guaranteed home market for British meat and farm produce in our schools, hospitals and the armed forces.
• ensure that the British food stamp in shops should be given to food only if it has been grown and/or produced in the United Kingdom and not if food has come from overseas and was packaged or processed in the UK.
• ensure that the British consumer knows where food has come from and is able to make an informed choice to support British farmers in our shops.
• support the development of high quality, properly funded community hospital services, as well as rehabilitation and respite care beds at Hartismere Hospital.
• protect the Suffolk countryside from the eyesore of inefficient wind turbines.