Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Royal College of Physicians, Deputy Medical Director of East Lancashire Hospitals, NHS Trust; United Kingdom

John is Clinical Director for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Royal College of Physicians, and Deputy Medical Director (Transformation) and Consultant Physician at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, working across the health economy leading service improvement.

He spent 12 months at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Harvard University, and has worked in QI initiatives across the Department of Health, Royal Colleges, NHS NW, IHI and the Health Foundation. He played a major role in the development of AQuA as clinical lead, faculty and non-executive board member. He was previously Medical Director of NHS Bolton, Clinical Director of Medical and Elderly Service for Bolton Hospitals, and Clinical lead for Diabetes Services in Bolton.

He is a Health Foundation/IHI fellow and Q fellow and chair of the Medicines Safety Joint Professionals Working Group.