The West Midlands CARE Team is delighted to share the news that their Deputy Clinical Director, Mr Andy Thurgood, has become the first non-doctor in the UK to be awarded Consultant (Level 8) Practitioner status in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM). Andy is a consultant nurse and advanced clinical practitioner working in Emergency Medicine in the West Midlands. He is an examiner for the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Chairman of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care Clinical Standards Committee, co-founder of CitizenAid and Medical Director for the West Midlands Fire Service.