Dan Willdridge

GMC Number

6074119

Qualifications

MB ChB

FRCA

Main areas of interest

My main interests are paediatric anaesthesia and major trauma. I also regularly provide anaesthesia for general surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, plastic surgery and gynaecology.

Membership of learned societies

Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Teaching interest

My NHS practice is in a large teaching hospital, where I am regularly involved in teaching medical students, junior doctors and senior anaesthetic trainees. This includes lecturing on anaesthetic fellowship revision courses and providing regular bedside teaching.
I am also an Advanced Paediatric Life Support course instructor.

Hospital(s) where have practicing rights

University Hospital Southampton

Spire Southampton

Wessex Nuffield

Biography

A Manchester graduate (2003), I spent my junior doctor years working at various hospitals around the UK and overseas in Germany before settling on a career in anaesthesia. I trained initially in the West Midlands before moving to the south coast in 2010. Following a fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, I was appointed as a consultant in 2016.

I served for 23 years in the regular Army, completing three operational tours and numerous overseas exercises, before hanging up my beret in 2023. I now hold a full‑time NHS consultant post.

Being a father of three keeps me busy, but when time allows you’ll find me running with my dog or cooking for pleasure—all while dreaming of the hobbies I never seem to have time for, namely sailing and skiing.