Dr Vincent Mak qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1983 and is currently a consultant physician in respiratory integrated care at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. From 1994 to 2013 he was a consultant physician in respiratory and critical care medicine and clinical director for emergency services at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. He was also the clinical director of the Outer North West London Integrated Care Programme, and then the Whole Systems Integrated Care Programme Board for north west London, one of the largest integrated care projects in the UK.