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1 Monday, 28 November 2011 2 (10.00 am) 3 MR MACAULAY: The first witness this morning is 4 Professor Kevin Gerard Kerr. 5 PROFESSOR KEVIN GERARD KERR (sworn) 6 Examination by MR MACAULAY 7 MR MACAULAY: Are you Kevin Gerard Kerr? 8 A. I am. 9 Q. Could you tell the Inquiry what position you hold at 10 present? 11 A. Currently, Im consultant microbiologist, head of 12 department of microbiology and director of infection 13 prevention and control for Harrogate and District NHS 14 Foundation Trust. 15 Q. If I could perhaps put your CV up on the screen, and 16 this can be found at IN I think, as we look 17 to the first page of the CV, we can look at your degrees 18 and professional qualifications, and we can note that 19 your first degree was in biochemistry, a BSc degree. 20 Was that from the University of St Andrews? 21 A. Correct, yes. 22 Q. I think you took your medical degree from the University 23 of Manchester Medical School; is that right? 24 A. That is also correct. 25 Q. If we turn to page 2, then, of the CV, you give us 1 1 details there of your current post. As a consultant 2 microbiologist, are you engaged in lab duties and in 3 ward duties? 4 A. Yes, thats right. Consultant microbiologist is my day 5 job, so I would spend most of my day on both of those 6 duties, yes. 7 Q. As director of infection prevention and control, what 8 does that involve? 9 A