Mel Shaw

Mel has been a screening technician with the West Yorkshire Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme since 2012. She previously worked as a phlebotomist in the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Before that she was a high street bank fraud investigator.

A day in the life of an AAA screening technician

Mel Shaw, 7 December 2016 - NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme

I’ve been a screening technician with the West Yorkshire Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for the past 4 years. We cover a large area that includes Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and Craven.

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