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            Full Name                               Matthew John Prior

            Marital Status                        Married with 2 daughters

            GMC Registration                Full 3432204

            Training Scheme                  Wessex

            National Training                  WES/023/015

            Number

            CCST Date                            4^th February 2004

            Current Post                         Consultant in Otolaryngology

                                                            ENT Department

                                                            Derriford Hospital

                                                            Derriford Road

                                                            PL6 8DH

            NHS Secretary (Kathy)                                             01752 439389

            Private Secretary (Charmaine)                               01752 761828

I am currently a consultant otolaryngologist at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. I have a specialist interest in:

·         Otology

·         Neurotology and acoustic tumours

·         BAHA implantation

·         Balance disorders

I was also Clinical Director for Head & Neck until the end of March 2010, having been in the post just over 3 years.

Previous positions held as a higher surgical trainee are as follows:

The positions I have held prior to beginning higher surgical training are as follows:

In 1996-7 I took a year out of medicine to take a full-time masters degree in Information Technology at Nottingham University. The course was modular, and covered the following aspects of modern information technology:

- Programming

- Database design and administration

- Managerial issues of information technology

- Data security management

- Systems analysis methodologies

- Design of expert systems.

The Portsmouth Head and Neck Cancer Database

I was able to make use of my IT skills by designing and building the Wessex Regional Head & Neck Cancer Database.

This involved the selection of appropriate data to collect, and a systems analysis of how this data was to be collected, synthesised and used. The final product contained in-built reference manuals and internal cross-checks based on the most widely used international coding systems, including: ICD-10, ICDO-2, the TNM classification of malignant disease and the EORTC QOL module for head and neck cancer.

 This system was used for quality assurance and research into head and neck cancer in Portsmouth for several years, and a data clerk was employed by Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust for whose sole job was collecting and maintaining the data for the database.

During the first four years that the database was in full-time operation, I spent considerable time on the continuing upkeep and modification of the database, and its effectiveness contributed significantly to Portsmouth being awarded Beacon Status for its Head & Neck cancer services.

I was awarded the Chairman’s Award for Excellence for my work on the database.