Prof Bill Irish

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Prof. Bill Irish co-leads the Medical Education strand at DEFI and is a governing body fellow and tutor at Hughes Hall. He leads postgraduate medical education and oversees all educational placements for nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, dental and allied health profession students across the East of England.

Bill studied in Cambridge and London, before training as a general practitioner in Bath and pursuing a parallel career in postgraduate medical education. Previously he was Director of GP Education in Health Education South West and chair of COGPED.