Mike has been a Nurse for more than 37 years and an executive chief nurse for more than 16 years. Mike’s clinical background is in neurosurgery, general and vascular surgery, adult critical care, perioperative care and hospital site management. Mike took early retirement from the NHS in March 2019 and now runs his own consultancy company, which provides analysis, support and advice on a number of topics, including: safer staffing, professional leadership, incident/serious investigation and analysis, and governance and assurance systems and processes.