Trained in medicine in Aberdeen and stayed there to do Pre-registration House Hobs in Renal Medicine and Paediatric Surgery then moved to London where she worked in the Central Middlesex Hospital, Belgrave Hospital for Children (Kings College Hospital group), Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hackney, University College Hospital Neonatal Unit, and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Her research on Adrenal Function in Preterm Infants was performed at University College Hospital Neonatal Unit with Dr Jonathan Shaw, and in the Middlesex Hospital she benefited from the teaching of Prof. Charles Brook. After 10