Mark is a member of the Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah’s Witnesses. This global network of more than 2000 HLC’s endeavours to create an environment of cooperation and understanding between hospitals and patients declining blood transfusion. It maintains a medical library of peer reviewed journals to support hospital services. And has a database of over 100,000 clinicians with experience in performing complex procedures without blood transfusion. Mark has made scores of presentations to clinical teams, has assisted with creating blood refusal policies and is available for consultation at any time. All HLC services are free of charge. In his spare time, he likes cycling and walking and has completed climbing the 214 fells in the Lake District and the national three peaks challenge.

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