Gary has been a GP in and around Peterborough for the last 15 years. He initially trained as a dentist and then after his medical undergraduate training spent several years in various hospital posts, mainly in surgical specialities, before undertaking his specialist GP training.

He is on the executive team of NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB (Integrated Care Board), as Chief Clinical Improvement Officer Gary was Chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group between 2016 and 2022, Vice Chair (External Affairs) of the Royal College of General Practitioners(2019-2022) and a former member of the Council of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

Gary recognises the privileged position these various roles give him to really understand the challenges in primary care through a number of different lenses with frontline, local, regional and national context.

“I am passionate about identifying proven technologies and tools to facilitate the delivery of great care to individual patients and to maximise the efficiency of care provision across systems. Translation into, and adoption by, general practice teams can be frustratingly slow. Understanding and overcoming the frontline challenges in speeding this process up is a key reason I am delighted to join the Board of Health Innovation East”

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