David Westrip

Deputy Chair

Email: dwestrip@bsmt.org.uk

Biography

David Westrip MSc CSci MIBMS.  Senior Biomedical Scientist, East Kent Microbiology Service, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.  Deputy Chair BSMT committee member since 2021

After graduating from the University of Kent, David initially worked in a commercial food and water testing laboratory whilst completing his MSc through the LSHTM.  He achieved HCPC registration whilst training at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital and since then has worked in South London and Western Sussex NHS Trusts taking a progressive attitude to each role he has undertaken.  Currently working as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Ashford, with training responsibilities and an ongoing interest in developing the department’s bacteriology and molecular service.