MB ChB  MRCGP  MD

www.ed.ac.uk/usher

www.aukcar.ac.uk

www.telescot.org

My over-arching interest is in applied health service research: addressing the T2, T3 and increasingly T4 translational gaps.   I am interested in the development and evaluation of complex interventions and in the challenge of implementing effective interventions in routine practice.

Research interests focus on the delivery of respiratory care within the 'real-life' primary care setting. Projects include:

• Self-management education, especially for people with asthma and COPD
• Development of complex interventions and especially implementation of effective interventions in routine practice
• Tele-monitoring of asthma and COPD
• The palliative care needs of people with COPD
• The role of GPs with a Special Interest, and the reconfiguration of respiratory services within primary care organisations
• Impact of Connecting for Health IT on the consultation

General Practitioner at the Whitstable Medical Practice, Kent.

International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). Chairman of the Education sub-committee and member of the Research Network        

European Respiratory Society (ERS). Chairman of the Primary Care Group

Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS-UK). Editor of the Primary Care Respiratory Update

BTS/SIGN asthma guideline. Member of the guideline executive committee; Member of the guideline steering group, Chairman of the Self-management education Evidence Review Group and Co-chairman of the Diagnosis Evidence Review Group          

Commission for Human Medicines.   Member of Expert Advisory Group (Cardiac, Renal, Diabetes, Respiratory and Allergy)

Nature Partner Journals (npj) Primary Care Respiratory Medicine.  Education section editor and Associate Editor

Honorary Reader at Queen Mary University of London

Supervising PhD students