John has worked in Scottish Government since 2016, initially as the National Clinical Lead for Quality and Safety and during the early part of the Covid-19 Pandemic as a Senior Medical Advisor to the Chief Medical Officer. He was appointed as Deputy National Clinical Director in October 2020. In this role he supports the National Clinical Director, the Chief Operating Officer of NHSScotland and the wider senior team responsible for the NHS in Scotland.

John continues as an Emergency Medicine consultant in University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire with special interest areas in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation.

John is currently studying towards a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Glasgow.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and a Scottish Quality and Safety Fellow.

John also served until 2017 as a member of the board of Trustees of St Andrew’s First Aid.