• Herefordshire CCG
• GP

Declaration on 8 October 2026

Declaration period: 2026

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: GP, senior partner / Alton Street Surgery, Ross-on-Wye

Consultancy

• Details: I am trustee of two local organisations - Ross Community Development Trust, and @theHub, Ross-on-Wye, which supports marginalised people locally. I have advised Herefordshire Community Foundation and done talks about community health. All of these roles are voluntary and unpaid.

Academic

• Details: I teach medical students and GP registrars as part of my paid NHS role. I have lectured at Three Counties Medical School (unpaid). I have published research on healthcare worker deaths from Covid-19, looking particularly at the risk to people of minoritised ethnicity (unpaid). I am the author of Creating Community Health; Interventions for Sustainable Healthcare. ISBN 978-1032140971, published by Routledge.

Other work

• Relates to: Media
• Details: I have done occasional appearances on BBC local radio, discussing wellbeing and health improvement (unpaid).

Sponsored / educational events

• Details: I do not see pharmaceutical reps, or accept hospitality from pharma or other companies.

Declaration on 8 October 2026

Declaration period: 2026

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: Medical lead / Ross Community Hospital

Nothing else to declare.

Declaration on 28 September 2025

Declaration period: 2025

Consultancy

• Relates to: Other
• Details: I am trustee of two local organisations - Ross Community Development Trust, and @theHub, Ross-on-Wye, which supports marginalised people locally. I have advised Herefordshire Community Foundation and done talks about community health. All of these roles are voluntary and unpaid.

Academic

• Details: I teach GP trainees and medical students.

Other work

• Income band: £100 to under £1,000
• Details: I wrote a book with Routledge, published in May 2023: Creating Community Health; Interventions for Sustainable Healthcare. ISBN 978-1032140971

Declaration on 17 November 2022

Declaration period: 2022

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: GP partner / Alton Street Surgery

Consultancy

• Details: Nil - I don't see drug reps

Academic

• Details: I have done research into deaths of healthcare workers from Covid-19, and published papers on this. This was unfunded and done in my own time. I am the author of a book to be published by Routledge in Spring 2023, 'Creating Community Health: Interventions for Sustainable Healthcare'

Other work

• Details: I am actively involved in community development and am a trustee of Ross Community Development Trust.

Declaration on 17 November 2022

Declaration period: 2022

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: GP partner / Alton Street Surgery

Nothing else to declare.

Declaration on 9 September 2021

Declaration period: 2021

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: GP / Alton Street Surgery

Consultancy

• Details: I do one session a week as a clinical lead for the CCG, working on mental health.

Academic

• Details: I have done research into deaths of healthcare workers from Covid-19, and published academic papers on this. This was unfunded and done in my own time.

Political / membership organisations

• Details: I am actively involved in community development and am a trustee of Ross Community Development Trust. I am also a member of Ross-on-Wye parkrun core group. These roles are voluntary / unfunded.

Declaration on 15 October 2020

Declaration period: 2020

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: Clinical Director / PCN

Consultancy

• Details: No donations received. I am an unpaid trustee of Ross Community Development Trust, supporting the local voluntary sector. I also volunteer with Ross-on-Wye parkrun core team.

Academic

• Details: I did unpaid research into deaths of health and social care workers from Covid-19. https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-deaths-of-nhs-staff-from-covid-19-analysed/7027471.article

Other work

• Relates to: Media
• Details: I have done some unpaid media appearances regarding my research and also local response to Covid-19.

Declaration on 15 October 2020

Declaration period: 2020

Main employment

• Type: NHS
• Details: Clinical Director / PCN

Nothing else to declare.

Declaration on 16 February 2017

Other declarations

I work one session a week as Mental Health GP lead for Herefordshire CCG, which is remunerated at GP sessional rates. I am a partner in an NHS GP practice. We provide senior clinical cover for Ross-on-Wye Community Hospital, which provides part of the surgery income, via Wye Valley NHS Trust. The practice (as do all Herefordshire GP practices) hold shares in Taurus Healthcare. I do not vote on issues concerning Taurus. I occasionally write articles on health for the local newspaper, which is unpaid.

Declaration on 16 February 2017

Other sources of income or benefits from other organisations relevant to medical practice

• Company: Herefordshire CCG · Reason for receipt of fees: I work one session a week as CCG GP lead for Mental Health. · Total amount received: £10,000 to under £50,000

Other declarations

As do all other Herefordshire practices, Alton Street Surgery hold shares in Taurus Healthcare. I do not vote on Taurus issues, and have received no funding from Taurus.

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