General and developmental paediatrician, specialist in child public health. Senior Lecturer in Community Paediatrics 1990-98 in Nottingham. In 1998, he established the River Island Academic Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow. UK Research interests include international child health indicators, child public health monitoring, and health service evaluation. Co-author Manual of Community Paediatrics and also the first textbook on Child Public Health now in its 2nd Edition. US Edition Child Health – A population Perspective 2016.He worked at the policy division of the English Department of Health (Dec08- Mar10) to advise on the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and lead on the Two Year Review, he led the production of HCP e learning launched by Ann Milton Minister for Public Health in March 2011 , He was Officer for Health Promotion for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2010-15 and now leads a major research project ( MOCHA) www.childhealthservicemodels.eu on comparative primary child health care across Europe and complex interventions to prevent unscheduled ED attendance for preschool children in North West London. http://clahrc-northwestlondon.nihr.ac.uk/what-we-do/delivery-themes/early-years