Rosemary completed a B.Sc in Med Biol and undergraduate studies at the University of St Andrews in 1985 and completed clinical studies at the University of Wales, qualifying in July 1989. She later came to Merseyside and completed a registrar rotation in geriatric medicine and gastroenterology before moving to Manchester as Senior Registrar to complete training in geriatric and gastroenterology. Rosemary was appointed Consultant Geriatrician with specialist interest in gastroenterology in October 1996 with a keen interest in education. In 2001 she was appointed RCP Tutor, and subsequently Foundation Programmed Director and Postgraduate Clinical Tutor at Wirral University Teaching Hospital until 2007.