I am an experienced nurse who works within the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Outpatients’ Department. I am registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. I am qualified as a Registered General Nurse (RGN) at Ipswich Hospital in 1982 – going on to specialise in ENT and undertaking Microsuction training at Broomfield Hospital, Essex, in 2004. I am conducted the procedure many thousands of times over the years, in NHS hospitals and community clinics, GP surgeries and as part of Wellbeing’s self-pay specialist Ear Care service.