BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Philp joined Heart of England NHS Foundation on 7 July as Deputy Medical Director for Older People. He was previously Chief Medical Officer Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals and is Honorary Professor of Health Care for Older People at Hull York Medical School. He established the Sheffield Institute for Studies on Aging which won, for the University of Sheffield, the Queen’s Award for Higher Education in 2000, for research into improving the quality of life of older people. His research interests are in improving the lives of older people through better assessment and response to their health and care needs (www.easycareproject.org).Dr. Philp was the National Clinical Director (“Tsar”) for Older People in the Department of Health from 2000 to 2008, leading the development and implementation of the National Service Framework for Older People. He is a member of the Policy and Quality Committees of the British Geriatrics Society. His NHS work focusses on cutting the costs of frailty through early intervention in primary care and more effective response to frailty crisis. His Sheffield team won the UK Hospital Doctor of the Year Award (Older People’s category) in 1998.He has led the development and implementation of innovative teaching methods in undergraduate medicine, multi-professional learning and vocational training in health care.Dr. Philp has been an adviser to the World Health Organization and advised governments in many countries on the care of older people. He is a frequent media commentator on healthy ageing and the care of older people and was the co-presenter of the BBC1 series “How to Live Longer” and scientific lead for “The Young Ones”. He was awarded the CBE for services to health care and older people in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2008.

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