Professional Profile

Dr Day qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School in 1984 (BSc MBChB) and is both a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH), and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP).

He initially held junior posts in and around Sheffield including at The Sheffield Children’s Hospital and The Jessop Hospital for Women.  Dr Day moved back to the South East in 1989 to take up the post as Paediatric Registrar at Pembury Hospital, from where he went on to continue his paediatric and neonatal training at St Thomas’ Hospital, The Rayne Institute for Medical Research at St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children in Brighton.

Dr Day was appointed as a Consultant Paediatrician at Pembury Hospital (now The Tunbridge Wells Hospital) in 1995. During his time as a Consultant he has been Lead Paediatrician for Pembury Hospital, Paediatric Tutor, and Departmental Clinical Governance lead. In the past he has sat on the Trust’s Clinical Audit Committee, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee and Maternity Services Liaison Committee.

Currently he is The Lead Clinician for the Paediatric Diabetes Service covering both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals and sits on the Trust’s Clinical Ethics Committee.