...today the consultant said "he definitely does not now require a circumcision and needs no further checks."

Who's who at NORM-UK

Dr John Warren MB, DCH, FRCP - Chairman

Dr John Warren was educated at Charterhouse School and studied medicine at Cambridge and the London Hospital Medical College. He has been a consultant physician at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex since 1975.

John is married to a doctor and has two daughters. His hobbies are music, cycling and observing wildlife.

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Dr Peter Ball MB,B Chir - Vice Chairman

Dr Peter Ball was educated at Lancing College, Cambridge and St Bartholomews Hospital London. He was in General Practice for 34 years in Tunbridge Wells, has written circumcision articles in "Urology News" and contributed to "The Practitioner". He also produced the NORM-UK instructional Video "Restoration in Focus".

Peter is married to a Reflexologist and they have a boy, three girls and fivegrand-daughters and a grand-son. Other interests are Piano playing, Singing and Painting.

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David Smith - General Manager

David Smith was educated at St Josephs College, Market Drayton and qualified in business studies at Underwood College. David currently lives in Stone in Staffordshire where he works full-time as NORM-UK's general manager. He formerly worked for Re-Solv, the solvent abuse charity.

David is NORM-UK's only paid member of staff. As well as managing the day-to-day running of the charity he devised and continues to edit the members's magazine NORM NEWS. His interests are canal boating, amateur dramatics and gardening.

David also recorded a short film about his work for BBC Video Nation.

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John Stevens - Treasurer

John Stevens was educated at St Georges College, Zimbabwe. He read Electrical Engineering at RMCS Shrivenham and worked as a Telecommunications Engineer in government service for 25 years in the UK and overseas. Later he worked in the telecommunications and IT industry as a project manager and consultant.

John is married and they have three daughters and four grandchildren. His other interests are ornithology and genealogy.

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Iris Fudge - Womens' Group Representative

Iris Fudge is a former nurse based in London. She co-ordinates liaison between NORM-UK and groups opposing female circumcision.

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John Dalton Bsc, Msc - Lead Researcher and Archiver

John Dalton is the lead reseracher and archiver for NORM-UK. He was Born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and educated at Dundee and St Andrews universities. He has studied the literature on the foreskin and circumcision for nearly 20 years and has amassed an archive of over 2,500 documents related to the issue.

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