Medical and Naval Career
With the benefit of a Royal Naval scholarship, Murrison qualified as a doctor from the Bristol University medical school in 1984 and holds the degrees of MD, MB ChB.
Until 2000, he served in the Royal Navy as a medical officer based at Fareham. He served in the Gulf War of 1990-1991 and retired with the rank of Surgeon-Commander. During his Naval career he served as an Honorary Research Registrar at Southampton General Hospital and spent one year as a postgraduate student at Hughes Hall, Cambridge University, obtaining a Diploma in Public Health. From 2000, he worked as a general practitioner locum in Wiltshire and as a Consultant at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
In 2003, as a naval reserve officer, he was recalled to serve in Iraq for a six-month tour of duty.
In September and October 2008, he took part in Exercise Apollo, based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, to refresh his skills, including dealing with combat casualties.
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