From the navy to NHS

Deep dive - phlebotomist Gina Ben Salem's career path from navy to NHS.

1975 to 1984 Hairdressing apprentice, factory worker and sales assistant.

1987 Saw an advert for reservists and joined the Royal Navy to be a diver then transferred to Medics Corp to train as medical assistant.

1993 Qualified as phlebotomist

2003 Deployed to Iraq, serving on the front line. Continued as a phlebotomist while on reserve for the Navy.

2024 Full time phlebotomist at a Mersey Care walk-in centre

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