About me:
I am a retired General Practitioner and I have worked with homeless people since 1990. In 2000, I set up the full-time Leicester Homeless Primary Healthcare Service; this is now Inclusion Healthcare, a community interest company judged “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission. In 2006, I was awarded an OBE for services to homeless people. Subsequently I developed GP led care coordination teams for homeless people in hospitals across the UK, helping set up a new Charity (Pathway) and the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health.
Why I am a Trustee of ORL:
I am a Trustee of ORL because I have long admired their pragmatic approach to meeting fundamental needs, and I am pleased to support this important work.
Favourite film:
Blade Runner Final Cut.
Favourite food:
roast chestnuts
Hobby:
Cycling up mountains
Unusual job:
Feeding rejected dinosaur toys into a shredding machine at Invicta Plastics Oadby (50 years ago!)
Inspirational quote:
”Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
- Samuel Beckett