Patrick has been a GP Partner in Darlington, England for 22 years. He has been local CCG lead, now Tees Valley CCG, for over 12 years. Additionally I work part-time as a GPwSI for County Durham & Darlington FT, for the NIHR as the Clinical Research Network Primary Care DIabetes Lead for the North-East and am an Associate Editor for the Diabetic Medicine journal. I hold a MSc in Diabetes Care (2009) from the University of York. Primary Care Diabetes Society Committee Member.