He is an experienced healthcare professional with over 30 years’ experience in a broad range of clinical and management settings. Having initially trained as a cardiac physiologist, he worked in the NHS and private sector, followed by two years as assistant director at a London private hospital, before working for a decade as the hospital director in Nottingham and Droitwich. His most recent role was business development director for Care UK’s secondary care division, where Mike further developed his long standing interest in independent sector provision of NHS services.