Profile

I am a Senior Academic General Practitioner and Medical Educator with extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, educational leadership and clinical practice, with special expertise and interest in Primary Care Education (Director of Primary Care Academic Teaching 2021-July 2026) and Education for Sustainable Healthcare (Clinical Lead for Education for Sustainable Healthcare 2018-July 2026) Lancaster Medical School.

I have supervised learners across all stages of training and developed high-quality teaching programmes using innovative models of learning and clinical placements. I have experience of strategic leadership in multiple settings, including undergraduate medical school, university faculty, primary care organisations and general practice, as well as national and international medical educational organisations and networks.

As well as Primary Care Education, I have an interest in Education for Sustainable Healthcare and Planetary Health. My role as Clinical Lead for Education for Sustainable Healthcare (ESH) involved leading on integrating ESH into Lancaster Medical School's and other health care curricula - to prepare future health professionals for the impacts of climate and environmental change on health.

I am a member of the national core leadership group of the Medical Schools Council ESH-Alliance who support and coordinate all UK medical schools to integrate ESH in their healthcare curricula. I am a member of the European Network of Climate and Health Education (ENCHE), and am involved in national and global networks to advance the emerging field of ESH.

I was a contributing author to the first UK National Curriculum for Sustainable Healthcare which has been presented internationally in multiple forums and across multiple health education programs, including at CoP27. My career in clinical general practice has been diverse and has enabled me to work in different areas of the UK and abroad, from inner city to remote rural practices. Having trained and worked extensively in areas of deprivation, I have an interest in the social determinants of health and addressing national and global health inequalities - which are especially magnified by the effects of climate and environmental change. I work clinically as a GP in South Cumbria, UK.

As an academic GP I am committed to medical education and influencing the way we train our future doctors with a positive experience of the breadth of primary and community care, equipped with skills in sustainable healthcare to address the human and planetary health challenges we currently face.