James is a Paediatric Nurse and has worked for 20 years in allergy. He worked in many of the allergy centres in London as both an allergy and asthma Nurse Specialist.
For several years was the Nurse Consultant in Allergy at Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle and is now the Nurse Consultant in Children’s Allergy and Director of Nursing at the Allergy Centre of Excellence in London offering pioneering oral immunotherapy for food allergy and novel treatments.
James previously completed his MSc in Allergy from the University of Southampton and focused on the use of component resolved diagnostics in peanut allergy.
He was for many years chair and member of the Allied Health working group in the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and is current Chair of BSACI Nurses Group.
He has been involved in several European task force groups through the academy including expert panel for the anaphylaxis guideline.
Other work includes competencies for allied health working in allergy, M-health and social media. His main research interests are in food allergy, allergic rhinitis and MHealth. He is involved with many food allergy support groups and regular on various allergy social media (Twitter/Instagram @allergynurseuk)