At a national level he is the lead pharmacist for NHS England Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinical Reference Group and has worked at committee level in multiple diabetes/Endocrine organisations over the past 15 years. He is an editorial board member of “Diabetes in Primary Care”, “Practical Diabetes” and “Medicine Matters diabetes”.
He is also a external specialist advisor to NHSE and DHSC for diabetes, endocrine and obesity pharmacotherapy. In 2015 he was awarded the National Leadership in Pharmacy award by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and in 2021 was voted as “diabetes healthcare professional of the year” at the QIC awards. In 2021 he was designated as a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Philip leads a large dynamic team and is responsible for the direction of inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrine care at University Hospital Southampton. He works in a Consultant practitioner prescribing Pharmacist role on a day to day basis reviewing inpatients and outpatients with diabetes, endocrine and obesity issues. His dedication to education ensures the rest of his time is taken up educating doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals and students within secondary care, primary care and university settings. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.