Mr Alastair Platt has worked as a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in East Yorkshire since 2001. His NHS base is at The Department of Plastic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, where he has a major interest in reconstructive, hand and skin surgery. Mr Platt trained at Cambridge University and Oxford University before going on to hold junior posts in Bath, Canterbury and Oxford. His senior plastic surgery training was undertaken in units throughout Yorkshire. He undertook a fellowship in Plastic Surgery in Adelaide, Australia. Mr Platt is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) and a council member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). Mr Platt regularly presents at national and international meetings and has over 80 publications and presentations in the field of Plastic Surgery.