David is a member of the Programme Board for Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease and is Co—Chair of Intervention workstream.

David has had a successful career as a commercial metallurgist and in the last 15 years has been involved in health management and support activities. David trained as a tutor, and subsequently as a master tutor for the Expert Patient Programme and has facilitated many courses and co-trained many tutors. From 2006 to today he has held the post of Honorary Research Fellowship at Coventry University, where as a senior trainer he co-authored the Coventry University HOPE programme, training 270 health professional and lay facilitators.

David has also worked as a consultant for the Princess Royal Trust Coventry Carers Centre & Coventry Community Services to develop and manage self-management carers courses, train tutors and maintain quality standards of all tutors registered.

In 2006 David became a member of the Universities Teaching and Research Action Partnership leading “Voices of Experience” workshops for medical students. David has also be a facilitator on the General Practice Course seminars run by the Institute of Clinical Education at the University of Warwick Medical Teaching Centre. The seminars are for GPs as part of their training and David’s role was to present the patient self-management/health professional relationship, and to provide an overview of a cognitive approach to consultation and client perspective and the values of a holistic view.