Background
I am a portfolio GP and clinical informatics and GP IT consultant based in Yorkshire. I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a varied clinical practice over the past 22 years, which has included hospital and community roles as detailed below. I currently combine national and international health technology policy and software development with my locum GP and Emergency Medicine work.
General Information
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Immigration Status/RTW |
British Born, British Citizen |
Languages |
Native British English speaker, intermediate Spanish |
General Medical Council |
Full Registration 2001 Proof of GMC registration may be confirmed via GMC portal |
Professional Medical Indemnity |
Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) |
Royal College of General Practitioners |
Member by Examination (nMRCGP 2011) Current Chair of the RCGP Health Informatics Group |
Faculty of Clinical Informatics |
Fellow by Peer-Reviewed Admission (2018) |
Royal College of Anaesthetists |
Fellow By Examination (FRCA 2008) |
Driving |
Full clean UK driving licence |
Clinical Interests
- General Practice
- Emergency Medicine
- Secure Environment and Prison Medicine, Substance Abuse
- Digital Health – (Health Technology, Computing and Health Informatics)
- Dermatology
- Pain Management (Acute and Chronic)
- Systems and safety improvement
Summary Of Clinical Experience
Over the past 22 years working as a hospital and primary care doctor I have had front-line experience of clinical responsibility in numerous medical disciplines
Discipline |
approximate duration |
General Practice |
13 years, ongoing |
incl. Prison GP |
5 years |
Accident & Emergency/Emergency Medicine |
9 years, ongoing |
Clinical Informatics and Health technology |
10 years, ongoing |
Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Intensive Care Medicine |
5 years |
General Internal Medicine |
1 year |
Dermatology |
6 months |
Paediatrics |
6 months |
Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
6 months |
Previous Medical Posts
Post |
Location |
Dates |
Locum General Practitioner |
North West / Yorkshire, various practices |
August 2011 - present |
Prison General Practitioner |
HMP Manchester |
2012 - 2017 |
Locum Emergency Physician |
Salford Royal Hospital |
July 2012 - August 2017 |
Hospice GP (Weekend cover) |
Wigan and Leigh Hospice |
Oct 2011 - Jan 2013 |
Specialty Registrar in General Practice |
North Western Deanery, Wigan GPVTS |
August 2008 – July 2011 |
Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine |
Mersey Deanery |
December 2006 – July 2008 |
Part-time locum in A&E and Anaesthesia |
Mersey Region |
August 2006 – December 2006 |
Middle Grade Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine |
Whiston Hospital, St Helens and Knowsley |
August 2005 – August 2006 |
SHO posts: Anaesthesia (2 Years), Critical Care and Medicine (1 Year), Emergency Medicine (1 year) - summary, details upon request if required |
Mersey Region |
August 2001 to July 2005 |
Preregistration House Officer |
Whiston Hospital, Merseyside |
August 2000 - July 2001 |
Postgraduate Qualifications
Qualification |
Date |
nMRCGP (Membership of the Royal College of GPs) |
March 2011 |
Final FRCA (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) |
June 2008 |
MCEM Part B (Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine ) |
December 2006 |
Primary FRCA (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) |
October 2005 |
MFAEM Part A (now Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine) |
February 2004 |
Undergraduate Examinations
Qualification |
Date |
University of Liverpool Medical School. MBChB (Hons) Distinction in Medicine and Surgery |
1995 – 2000 |
Pre-Medical Examinations
Qualification |
Date |
Selby College, Selby, North Yorkshire. A-Level Studies (A A A B C) |
1993 – 1995 |
Selby High School, Selby, North Yorkshire. 9 GCSEs |
1988 – 1993 |
Other Courses and Training
- Dermoscopy Courses: York March 2019 / Liverpool 2011
- GP Cancer Update, York, December 2018
- Advanced Life Support (recertification / update): Leeds Teaching Hospitals February 2018 / 2013 / Wigan 2010 / 2009 / Whiston Hospital 2005 / Staffs R.I. Stoke on Trent 2 days 2001
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (recertification): Harrogate September 2017 / Whiston Hospital 2012, 2005 and 3 days 2001
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support (recertification): 2014 / Alder Hey Children’s Hospital 3 days 2007 / Paediatric Life Support (refresher) 2004 / North Staffs R.I. Stoke on Trent 3 days 2001
- Advanced Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support (as Instructor) 2014
- GP Update Course: Leeds October 2017 / 1 day Manchester 2014
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Training 2013
- Dermatology Teach and Treat Leigh Infirmary 2011
- ‘Pain In Practice’ educational event Wigan 2011
- Health and Work in GP (RCGP) Bolton Stadium 2010
- Ophthalmology for GPs LACE Conference Centre 2010
- Minor Surgery for GPs Chorley 2010
- Palliative Care for the GP Chorley 2009
- Level 2 Child Protection Training Seminar Wigan Infirmary 2009
- RCGP Course, ENT for GPs Chorley 2008
- Royal College of Physicians Acute Medicine Update, Liverpool Medical Institute, 1 day 2007
- Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS), ALSG Manchester, 3 days 2006
- Radiology For Anaesthetists, University Hospital Aintree, 2 days 2006
- Mersey MCQ Course (Preparation for the Primary FRCA), Aintree Hospital, 6 days 2005
- Focused Abdominal Sonography in Trauma (FAST), Whiston Hospital Postgraduate Centre, 1 day 2005
- Selective Course (Preparation for Primary FRCA), Liverpool Medical Institute, 6 days 2004
- Fibreoptic Intubation and Bronchoscopy Course, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, 1 day 2004
- Anaesthetic Trauma and Critical Care (ATACC), Widnes Fire Training Station, 3 days 2004
- Moving the Critically Compromised (MOCC), Mersey Deanery Transfer Training Course, Aintree, 1 day 2003
- ALERT Course, Acute Life-threatening Events Recognition and Treatment, Whiston Hospital, 1 day 2002
- ‘Basic’ Trauma Life Support (BTLS) A trauma course incorporating pre-hospital training, complementing ATLS, Telford, Shropshire, 3 days 2002
Additional Useful Information
- Clinical Adviser to Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) Child Health Events project, 2017
- Software Developer for Endeavour Health Charitable Trust’s ‘Discovery’ Platform (Angular4/Java), 2017
- Founder of NHSbuntu - an OS for the NHS (now renamed NHoS), 2017
- Won the Rewired State & NHS England Obesity Data Prize for Clinical Calculator API, 2015
- Ran the 3rd Annual Independent NHS Staff WiFi Survey, 2015
- Clinical Software Usability Survey (with Digital Health Intelligence), 2015
- Discourse Wrangler behind the UK UK CCIO and CIO Networks’ Discourse forums, 2015
- NHS England / Rewired State Obesity Data Prize (1st) for GitHub - open-health-hub/clinical-calculation-api: presents a range of clinical calculations as a REST API, avoiding the need for the calculations to be implemented locally in applications, 2015
- Founded Leigh Hackspace, 2014
- 2nd Annual NHS Staff WiFi Survey (with Digital Health Intelligence), 2014
- 1st Independent NHS Staff WiFi Survey - created and deployed to prove to senior NHS technology decision-makers that WiFi access for clinicians was not a solved problem, 2014
Regular invited speaker, event attendee / organiser: -
- Rewired Health Developer Conference, organiser & speaker, London Olympia, March 2020
- Interoperability Hackathon, Leeds, October 2019
- NHS Hack Days - organiser of NHS Hack Day 15 Manchester July 2017 and Hack Day 11 (the first NHS hack day) 2015
- EHI Live (invited speaker), Birmingham NEC, November 2016 and 2014
- NHS Innovation Expo, Manchester Central, September 2016 and September 2015 (invited speaker – prize winner)
- Digital Health Leadership Summit, Midlands, February 2016
- CCIO Summer School (invited speaker), Leeds University, July 2016
- NHS Healthcare Innovation Expo, 1 day, 2014
- Primary Health Care Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, AGM and Conference, 2013 and 2012