Dr Mitul Patel

Dr. Mitul Patel is a Consultant Microbiologist since August 2009 at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.

He is experienced in microbiological diagnosis and antibiotic managment of infection. He is available for bith Adult and Paediatric Microbiology cases.

He closely works with his clinical colleagues, physicians, paediatiricians and surgeons in his NHS duties. He regulalry advises on infection and antibiotic management in patients presenting with sepsis, meningitis, health-care acquired infections and infection in complex neurosurgical, orthopaedic, cadiac, burns patients.

He is lead for antimicrobial stewarship for his Trust. He sits on various committees inclduing  Drug and Therapeutic Committee and Water Safety Committee. 

Nationally, he has contributed to various committees and working groups at National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), British Infection Association and UK Health Security Agency.

He is GMC approved trainer for medical microbiology trainees and sits on regional Speciality Training Committee (Microbiology and Infectious Diseases training, West Midlands Deanery).

He has served as expert member on NICE's various committees: Managing Common Infections , Pneumonia Guideline Update Committee, Scentific Advice Committee, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Diagnostics Guidance: Rapid tests for group A streptococcal infections in people with a sore throat. 

He has published many papers in national and international journals. He regularly conducts international teaching and training seminars on infection. 

He has undertaken specialist training on Excellence in Report Writing - Written Evidence from Bond Solon. He authors and contributes to case reviews and root cause analysis reports for his hospital on a routine basis.

He undertakes expert witness work for microbiology and infection cases.

Excellence in Report Writing - Written Evidence

Bond Solon- Excellence in Report Writing

British Medical Association, Hospital Infection Society, The British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group, Medical Protection.