One of my best friends (Rosie Kennedy) challenged me to run the marathon in memory of her father. Never being one to backdown from a challenge here, I am running it for Kingston Hospital Charity.

I work as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Kingston Hospital. Part of my job involves carrying out operations on frail elderly patients and I want to improve and enhance our ward environment to promote and aid recovery.  

With this in mind, I have signed up to the London Marathon to raise funds. I am hoping that you will support me in raising as much money as possible for my hospital charity. This will not only motivate me in my training and on the day, but it means you will be helping other local people.

With this in mind, I have signed up to the London Marathon to raise funds. I am hoping that you will support me in raising as much money as possible for my hospital charity. This will not only motivate me in my training and on the day, but it means you will be helping other local people.

Kingston Hospital Charity helps our hospital us to offer a level of care that simply isn't possible with NHS funding alone, from supporting research and development, to brightening up our buildings, donating state-of-the-art technologies and equipment or looking after the health and wellbeing of our NHS staff. All of it touching lives and helping to make a huge difference to thousands of people when they are at their most vulnerable.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

All donations will be greatly appreciated and will go directly to the Charitable Fund to support the improvement of our patient environment.