Professor Steve Field

Professor Steve Field is former Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Chair of the Health Inclusion Board and a practising GP in Birmingham

Professor Field has led the RCGP through Lord Darzi’s Review of the NHS, successfully promoting the RCGP “federated” model of patient care - with GP practices working together to provide more services for patients in their local communities - as a workable alternative to polyclinics and repositioning general practice at the heart of the NHS.

Professor Field is recognised as a national leader in medical education. As Chair of the RCGP Education Network, Professor Field led the College's radical review of GP training which led to the introduction of the first ever training curriculum for GPs in August 2007.

A practising GP at the Bellevue Medical Centre in inner-city Birmingham, Professor Field is Honorary Professor of Medical Education, University of Warwick, and Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine, University of Birmingham. Professor Field has published many academic papers, reports and books - including a bestselling publication on the GP curriculum - and has presented papers at academic meetings around the world.

Professor Field is also a Member of the Faculty of Harvard University’s program for leading innovation in healthcare and education.