Phil is a long-standing and enthusiastic GP committed to transforming the NHS through all the means available, including as a clinical director of two PCNs and a director of the Kingston GP Federation.
He has a background as a GP educator and has been a local and regional lead on many aspects of care. He is Emeritus Clinical Director Mental Health for NHS England (London), chairing London’s Suicide Prevention Group, advising Thrive London and the Good Thinking website, and senior responsible officer on physical health for those with serious mental illness.
Phil is a board member of the Confederation’s Mental Health Network and a non-executive director for South-west London Health Partnerships Ltd developing primary care estate. He is researching the lessons emering from at-scale mental wellbeing programmes around the world.
Sean is currently Chair of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and was the former CEO of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network from 2016 until May 2024.
Sean has been dedicated to raising standards of care and treatment of mental health services and improving lives of those who use services and their carers for over 40 years since training as a mental health nurse in 1979. Sean is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health and in 2013 was awarded the President’s Medal by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Sean was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List in recognition of his 40 years of service dedicated to mental health service delivery.