Speakers

David was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) in May 2019, tasked with establishing and developing CPOC as a genuinely cross-organisational, multidisciplinary initiative delivering perioperative care for true patient benefit. Over the past 5 years, CPOC has been hosted and largely funded by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA). During his tenure as Director, CPOC has established itself as the pre-eminent UK voice of perioperative care, has driven perioperative standards of patient quality care, embedded the patient voice at the centre of this transformational change and developed a cross-speciality, cross profession perioperative care curriculum. CPOC has also created a global voice and presence whilst developing a series of high value professional partnership. The updated strategic objectives are available: Strategy and vision | Centre for Perioperative Care (cpoc.org.uk) Prior to becoming Director of CPOC, David was the Chairman of the RCoA Clinical Directors’ Network, a national network of medical leaders in anaesthesia, intensive care, and pain management. He continues to sit on the College Council and is also a representative on major Royal College Boards and committees. David lectures locally, regionally and nationally on perioperative care and also on medical leadership. He is currently the Acting Chief Executive Officer at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he is committed to raising the clinical voice across the Trust and wider Integrated Healthcare Systems. He is also the Trust’s Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), Caldicott Guardian and Digital Lead. Prior to joining Sherwood Forest Hospitals in 2019, David was the Deputy Medical Director at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for 2 ½ years. This followed an extensive career within the Trust as Divisional Director, Clinical Director, and Head of Service, dealing with the various competing demands of medical leadership and management across a complex organisation. His clinical background is anaesthesia, perioperative care and adult critical care and before embarking on his leadership journey, David was a Regional Advisor for 8 years, an inaugural Intensive Care Medicine Training Programme Director and a Faculty Tutor.