Mr Cossey’s medical school training was at and after qualifying he spent the first two years of his training in London gaining experience in accident and emergency and also demonstrating anatomy at . He then went to Wessex having been accepted on a Basic Surgical Training programme. Having completed this, he was awarded a registrar rotation in trauma and orthopaedics in the same region. He gained valuable experience working for many experienced surgeons and was awarded his FRCS (Tr & Orth), being placed on the GMC specialist register of orthopaedic surgeons in 2005.