Professor Peter Michael Hawkey Public Health Laboratory, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS Phone: 0121 424 1240 Fax: 0121 772 6229 email:
[email protected] Professor of Clinical and Public Health Bacteriology (University of Birmingham) and Honorary Consultant (Birmingham Public Health Laboratory, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham) Academic qualifications: BSc, DSc, M.B.B.S, M.D., FRCPath Member of editorial board of Reviews in Medical Microbiology and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Member of scientific advisory committees of NEQAS (National External Quality Assessment Scheme) and Centre for Applied Microbiology. Dr Deirdre Alexandra Lewis CDSC South West, Public Health Laboratory, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester GLI 3NN Phone: 01452 413080 Fax: 01452 412946 email:
[email protected] Consultant Regional Epidemiologist, CDSC South West