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From depression to dementia – what are the latest updates for primary care?
Speaker: Peter Bagshaw
Chair: Steve Holmes
Speaker: Peter Bagshaw
Chair: Steve Holmes
GP and NHS Somerset Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Autism, Learning Disability and Dementia
Dr Peter Bagshaw has been a GP for over 30 years. He has held posts as Senior Clinical Fellow at the Department of Primary Care at Bristol University, the national Improvement and Assessment Framework Board and the Director of the South West Dementia Clinical Network. He is a co-author of the NHS publication “Older Persons Mental Health, a Practice Primer” and author of “Daggers of the Mind”, a novel, as well as being a regular contributor to Pulse and other magazines.
He is NHS Somerset Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Autism, Learning Disability and Dementia, and the national clinical coordinator of the DEMON network which uses AI to improve dementia research.
His outside interests include painting, Shotokan Karate and quantum mechanics.
GP, Shepton Mallet and Clinical Respiratory Lead, NHS England South West and NHS Somerset
Dr Steve Holmes has been a GP partner since 1989 and continues working clinically 5 sessions per week. He is a passionate generalist – but has a respiratory specialist interest. Steve has worked nationally and internationally on respiratory issues – and has more than 200 publications on respiratory topics. He has been involved in national and international guidelines and has worked to promote good quality care for people with long term conditions. He works on educational issues in primary and secondary care – and has regular involvement with Asthma and Lung UK as well as more local patient groups in encouraging change in practice.
He has worked in service development since fundholding in the 1990s through many changes and remains passionate to make a difference.
Dr Steve Holmes enjoys music, running, watching rugby and time spent with his wife and two daughters.
