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After training at Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital in London he entered general practice - by choice because he enjoyed the human contact with patients - and has been happy as a GP ever since.
He built the first National Health Service group practice in the South Kensington area but returned to single handed practice when he recognised that groups of doctors working together tend to move at the pace of the slowest and focus on their areas of disagreement.
After a total of sixteen years in the National Health Service, Robert moved into private practice because he wished to develop his own ideas and clinical services rather than forever follow the dictates of the State.
Education
* Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, (Choral Exhibitioner).
* Performers Diploma, The Royal College of Music.
* The Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
Professional Experience
* 1974: to date fully private General Medical Practitioner in single-handed practice at the PROMIS Unit of Primary Care in South Kensington.
* 1970 – 1974: Senior Partner of NHS Group Practice.
* 1966 – 1970: Junior posts in NHS General Practice.
* 1965 – 1966: General House Surgeon and Cardiology House Physician at the Middlesex Hospital.
Special Experience
* 1993 Established the PROMIS Counselling Centre in South Kensington for out-patient assessment and treatment and family programmes.
* 1986 Established the PROMIS Recovery Centre, a forty-four bed treatment centre for depressive illness and all forms of addictive or compulsive behaviour, and subsequently the PROMIS Counselling Centre, Juvenile Unit and Extended Care Units.
* Speaker at conferences in UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Nigeria.
* Frequent broadcaster on radio and television and contributor to various newspapers and periodicals.
* Contributor to various research publications (with Professor Geoffrey Stephenson, University of Kent) in professional journals. |
