Ian is a NHS consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, specialising in lung cancer. He is passionate about improving the quality of care of patients and has had the opportunity to be involved in a number of quality improvement projects. Ian successfully led the Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/improving-lung-cancer-outcomes-project-ilcop

From April 2017 to December 2018 Ian held the position of clinical director in the Care Quality Improvement Department at the Royal College of Physicians London. The department runs a number of national improvement projects covering a broad spectrum of illnesses including COPD, Asthma, Falls, Hip Fractures, Lung Cancer, Liver disease, Endoscopy and Immunodeficiency.

Locally Ian is an associate medical director for governance with a particular interest on improving the reliability of multidisciplinary team working.