| Professional profile/background: |
Qualified from Leeds University Medical School in 1984, becoming
a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1990. Between
1990 and 1992 Peter worked as a Lecturer in Anaesthesia at the
University of Leicester and then became a Senior Registrar on the
South West Rotation, based in Bristol and Exeter. After a final
year as an Acting Assistant Professor in Paediatric Anaesthesia at
the Childrens Hospital, Seattle (University of Washington), Peter
was appointed, in 1995, to the post of Consultant in Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children (BRHC). Peter has sessions in Paediatric Cardiac
Anaesthesia and Paediatric Intensive Care and is the Clinical
Governance Lead for Paediatric Intensive Care.
Over recent years Peter has developed an interest in Health
Informatics, completing an Honours Degree in IT and Computing with
the Open University (2007) and undertaking a part-time secondment
with NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), as a Clinical Advisor in the
Technology Office in Leeds. He was part of the Design Steering
Groups for the National Summary Care Record and the Central
Medication Record and is also a Board Member of the UK Faculty of
Health Informatics. His current interests relate to Intensive Care
Health Information Systems, such as On-line Clinical Incident
Reporting, Telemedicine and Electronic Prescribing. Peter is also
helping to develop the Paediatric Cardiac Theatres Human factors
training Programme.
In April 2010 Peter took on the role of Lead Clinician for
Hospital Doctors at the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer
(CfH).
|
