Michael Townend
Specialised areas:
1 Travel medicine
2 2 Expedition medicine
3 Medicolegal (personal injury in road traffic accidents
etc)
4 Benefits such as Disability Living Allowance,
Incapacity Benefit and Industrial Injury Benefit
Current positions:
1 Writer & lecturer on travel health
2 Medicolegal examiner (personal injury)
3 Leader of tours and trekking holidays
4 Member of Disability and Incapacity Benefit Appeal Tribunals
Profile:
I am a former GP in the Lake District. I currently work as a freelance writer and lecturer on travel health, examine accident victims in connection with their claims for damages and sit on Appeal Tribunals hearing appeals by unsuccessful benefit claimants. I am interested in chronic pain syndromes e.g. back pain and post-accident neck pain. I am interested in all health problems associated with travel, including expeditions and high altitude problems, having been an expedition doctor and climber and a mountain rescue team doctor. I also lead tours and treks to a variety of countries and have travelled in Africa, Asia and South America.
Media work:
Television appearance in a programme on asthma.
Radio interviews on travel health topics