Dr Keith Holden

My background is clinical pharmacy. After completing a PhD in Vascular Pharmacology, I registered as a pharmacist and worked in a number of settings including: the Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre as a drug use review pharmacist, various acute trusts as a clinical pharmacist, and as a practice-based clinical pharmacist. In 1997 I was appointed as Lead Pharmacist for the Durham & Tees Pharmacy Practice Unit before moving to County Durham & Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as Principal Clinical Pharmacist.

My clinical practice was predominantly in care of the elderly with a specialist interest in falls and syncope where I ran one of the country's only non-medical-led 'Falls & Syncope' clinics, utilising non-medical prescribing skills in order to assess, treat, manage and refer patients presenting with a history of falls, taking referrals from both secondary care colleagues and from primary care.