She graduated from the University of Surrey and completed her professional training at St George's Hospital, London in 1992. Following 20 years with the NHS Deborah now works on a freelance basis for a number of hospitals in the South East. She works as part of the Specialist Bariatric Service at Ashtead Hospital and provides dietary support to patients at the BMI Runnymede Hospital, St Peters Hospital, Chertsey and the Nuffield Hospital Guilford. She now has the pleasure of joining the new bariatric serice at BMI Mount Alvernia Hospital in Guildford.