Veincentre Ltd although rapidly expanding, makes a real effort to retain the personal and friendly service that characterised it at its inception. It is still a relatively small business but has the necessary facilities and professional staff to offer the very best that modern medicine can provide. Deborah and David West are married and established Veincentre in 2003 as the first British company specialising solely in minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins. Deborah West Deborah trained as a medical secretary in her home town of Hull and has worked in many busy medical secretary roles in different parts of the country and spent a year in Saudi Arabia working as PA to a General in the Saudi armed forces in charge of a large general hospital. She is responsible for the smooth running of the administrative and financial aspects of the business. Diane Brayford Diane also trained as a medical secretary and worked for many years at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire managing the office of a busy Consultant physician. She now helps Deborah run the Veincentre offices. David West David is Medical Director of Veincentre. He trained in Medicine and Surgery at Leeds medical school qualifying in 1979. He specialised in the then new field of Interventional Radiology gaining experience in Sweden and London and qualifying DMRD and FRCR before moving to take up a consultant position at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in 1989. He has developed one of the largest Interventional Radiology practices in the UK and undertaken over 2000 minimally invasive varicose vein procedures. David was one of the very first doctors in the UK to train in the EVLA technique learning from leading experts in the US. He has one of the largest personal experiences of this treatment in Europe. This experience has led to him regularly being invited to lecture on the subject at National and International medical conferences. He has written a chapter on the management of venous insufficiency in a major textbook of radiology and many articles in medical journals. David has also appeared on programmes about EVLA on BBC radio and television and in numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He is a luminary teacher for Diomed Ltd. and Surgilas Ltd. training doctors from all over Europe in EVLA and associated procedures. Prof Paul Edwards Paul has recently joined our team. As an accredited vascular surgeon with an NHS consultant post at the Countess of Chester hospital, he has extensive experience in venous diseases and a special interest in minimally invasive treatment methods. Joanne Bennett Joanne trained as a nurse in London and has worked in several nursing roles including…… She has two young daughters but also works part-time as our clinic nurse in Macclesfield. You will also meet some of the following characters who are employed by the North Staffs Nuffield Hospital and Assura Medical. Linda (radiographer) Liz (superintendent radiographer) Suzanne (sister) Natalia (health care assistant) Sara (health care assistant) Tina (health care assistant) Suzanne (staff nurse) Danni (staff nurse) Bridgett (medical secretary) Lynne and Lynne (reception)