David Oliver (doctor)
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David Oliver | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 January 1966 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Past President of the British Geriatrics Society blogger |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | doctor |
| Field | geriatric medicine |
David Oliver FRCP is a British consultant geriatrician. He was President of the British Geriatrics Society from 2014 to 2016. He is Visiting Professor of Medicine for Older People in the School of Community and Health Sciences at City University London and a King's Fund Senior Visiting Fellow. He was formerly the UK Department of Health National Clinical Director for Older People's Services from 2009 to 2013. He is a researcher, writer, teacher and lecturer on services for older people and a regular blogger, columnist and media commentator. He was elected as Clinical Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians, London. In April 2022 he was elected as president of the Royal College of Physicians but withdrew in July 2022 after he had contracted Covid 19 and "no longer felt able to do it justice".[1]
Oliver was born on 13 January 1966 in Withington Community Hospital, Manchester, England.[2][3][4] His father Fred is a retired old age psychiatrist.[5] Oliver's early education was at Northenden County Primary School and the private Manchester Grammar School.[6] He studied pre-clinical medicine at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1984 before transferring to Trinity Hall, Cambridge to study clinical medicine in 1987; graduating in 1989.[6][7][8][9]
Career
Oliver worked nine years as a resident doctor in various hospitals in England during which he chose to specialise in geriatrics. He became a consultant geriatrician in 1998 and initially worked in South London between 1998 and 2004.[6] Oliver then moved to work at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England where he has been based since.[10]
Academic and research activities
Oliver began his research career whilst a registrar at St Thomas' Hospital in London. He gained his research doctorate from the University of London in 2001. He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social care at the University of Reading from 2004 to 2009 alongside his consultant contract at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. He has been involved with City University London.[11] He is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey.[12]
National leadership and advisory roles
Alongside his clinical work Oliver was on secondment to the Department of Health from 2009 to 2013, first as specialist clinical advisor leading the national programme of work on Falls and Bone Health[13] and then as National Clinical Director for Older Peoples Services.[14] In his government role he developed national policies around the care of older people, advised Ministers and officials and provided assistance to other clinicians with their own local services. He stood down to take on his role as BGS President-Elect, when National Clinical Director roles moved from the Department of Health to NHS England.
He became President of the British Geriatrics Society, in November 2014, having been appointed for a 2-year period.[15]
