Table 1.

The author's career track in medical leadership.

DateWithin hospitalRegional or national
Bristol Medical School 1982–8BMA Associate Members Group
Junior doctor yearsDoctors' mess and rota organiserBMA Junior Doctors Committee: involved in new deal and Calman discussions and implementation
1994–5Working in Sydney, Australia
1997–2001Royal College of Anaesthetists: council member
1998Royal Berkshire Hospital: appointed consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine

  • BMA Consultants Committee (1999–present)

  • BMA: council member (various years to 2009)

1998–04Royal Berkshire Hospital: ICU audit and governance lead
2000–3Royal Berkshire Hospital: emergency services
clinical director
2001–4Royal Berkshire Hospital: emergency care lead
2001–3BMA Consultants Negotiating Committee (consultant contract): member
2004Royal Berkshire Hospital: medical director; Upton Nervet train disaster, major incident response

  • BMA Consultants Committee: deputy chairman (negotiations)

  • Implementation of consultants’ contract

2004–6Led negotiation and agreement of maintaining higher professional standards
2005–6Review of CEA scheme
2006–9BMA Consultants Committee: chairman
2005–9 (various dates)

  • PbR External Advisory Board: member

  • Next steps Review workforce planning

  • Lord Darzi sounding board

  • Secretary of state health summits and sounding board

  • Revalidation program board

  • Joint Consultative Committee: member

2007Douglas Review group MMC/MTAS 2007: member
2008Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: director of medical education and development – lead hospital at night and EWTD implementation
2008–12National ACCEA: professional member
2009National Leadership Council
Medical Education England (now HEE)
2009–12

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: chief medical officer, then medical director

  • Maintain intensive care clinical role

  • 2010 CHKS hospital of the year

  • HSJ safety award 2010

  • CQC registration 2010

  • Care of the Future review of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire: clinical lead

  • 2011 runner up CHKS hospital of the year

  • HSJ/Nursing Times patient safety award

  • NHS Top Leaders first cohort

  • Future Forum (phase 2): member

2012

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: hospital reorganisation to clinical leadership model: clinical lead

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: acting chief executive (two months)

  • hames Valley HIEC: board member

  • Patient Safety Federation: executive member

  • Aylesbury Vale Clinical Commissioning Group Governing body: member (2012–present)

  • ACCEA: employer member (2012–present)

2012–presentUCLH: medical director (medicine)

  • National Stakeholder group

  • RCP Future Hospitals project

  • RCP care advisory board

  • Mentor HealthBox Europe

  • The Learning Clinic: advisory board member (2012–14)

  • The Nuffield Trust: board trustee

  • HSJ awards: judge and panellist

  • Health Services Laboratories (pathology joint venture): board member

  • Advisory meetings with Rose review, Dalton Review, prime minister special policy advisors and the King's Fund

  • ACCEA = Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards; CQC = Care Quality Commission; EWTD = European Working Time Directive; HEE = Health Education England; HIEC = Health Innovation and Education Cluster; HSJ = Health Service Journal; PbR = payment by results; RCP = Royal College of Physicians.