ARU NHS The Big Pitch Booklet

BigPitch The 11 Matt Whitty Director of Innovation, Research and Life Sciences and Chief Executive of the Accelerated Access Collaborative at NHS England and NHS Improvement Matt Whitty is the Director of Innovation, Research and Life Sciences and Chief Executive of the Accelerated Access Collaborative. He is a trained Pharmacist and has worked in a variety of clinical roles as well as a management consultant before joining NHS England and NHS Improvement. Professor Colin Melville Medical Director and Director of Education and Standards at the General Medical Council, and Honorary Professor of Medical Education at Manchester University Professor Colin Melville trained in anaesthesia and emergency medicine and became the first substantive Consultant in Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine in Hull in 1996. His work in medical education and leadership developed soon after in 1997, and included roles such as Clinical Director, Medical Director, and Director of Medical Education. Colin was responsible for the local introduction of foundation training in 2005, becoming Foundation School Director shortly afterwards. From 2012, he moved to undergraduate medical education where he has held senior leadership roles at HYMS, Warwick and Lancaster Medical Schools. In January 2017 Colin took up his role as Director of Education and Standards at the GMC where he has made significant contributions to the work of the GMC; overseeing the launch of several key policies in support of postgraduate medical education, the review of Outcomes for Graduates and work to introduce the Medical Licensing Assessment. He was part of the collaboration that established the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme in England and remains an active part of the programme. He also provides mentoring and coaching to several medical trainees as part of a drive to encourage the next generation of potential medical leaders. He continues to maintain a portfolio of educational research, co- authoring several papers on new approaches to written assessment. You can find Colin on twitter (@drcolinm) where he posts and shares information on topics related to medical education and the regulatory work of the GMC, but is also known to share pictures of his garden!!