Consultant Physician, Honorary Professor of Ageing and International Health, specialist in Parkinson’s and healthcare of the elderly at Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical lead for Northumbria PD Service and director of R&D for the Trust. Closely involved both locally and nationally with the DeDRoN Research Network. Main research interest are Parkinson’s disease (UK) and also stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Tanzania.