Lived Experience Partner, Author, NHS whistleblower, England

Tom is a business consultant, speaker, trainer, and former NHS manager who lost his job after whistleblowing. He now uses his unique mix of learned, lived, and professional experience to help healthcare organisations provide safer services. A regular speaker at the annual Patient Safety Congress, Tom has sat on numerous steering groups contributing to nationally significant topics including Open Government, the Justice System, and NHS leadership. He believes improvement begins with understanding and our ignorance is the greatest enemy we face. In the wake of the Lucy Letby case, he was invited to comment on NHS culture for Newsnight and LBC.

Tom has authored two books, No Wealth But Life – What’s Gone Wrong with Healthcare in Britain & How We Can Save the NHS (2023) and Lions, Liars, Donkeys and Penguins – The Killing of Alison (2020), a critically acclaimed true story of the events preceding the suicide of his sister following her abuse by a nurse in an NHS mental health hospital.

Tom is a Fellow of the Institute of Management, an AQUA (Advancing Quality Alliance) Associate and an NHS Leadership Academy Facilitator. He holds an MBA, an MSc, and a postgraduate certificate in digital health.