About us

Dr Mike Jones is a Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust having previously fulfilled this role in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh between 2006 and 2012 He was also Consultant Physician and Deputy Medical Director in NHS Tayside 1992-2006. His first consultant appointment was in 1992 as a Renal Physician. He is formerly Director of Training for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) having previously also been Vice President.

He is a Past President of the Society for Acute Medicine and a founder member. He was central to guiding Acute Medicine to specialty status and inaugural chair of its Specialist Advisory Committee. He is National Clinical Lead for Acute and General Medicine in the Getting It Right First Time programme. 

David has most recently been Deputy Medical Director for Training and Development for the Federation and brings a wealth of experience in medical training to the role.

He has also been the Chair of the Heads of Schools of Medicine, Associate Postgraduate Dean for Medicine & Head of School, NES and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow.

He has worked as a consultant rheumatologist and acute medicine physician since 1993.
 

Dr Stephen Glen has been a Consultant Cardiologist in Scotland since 2002 and most recently was Head of School for Medicine in Scotland (Chair of the Medicine Specialty Training Board) with previous roles as Associate Postgraduate Dean and National Lead for stage 1 Internal Medicine Training in Scotland. He also was Associate Postgraduate Dean for Quality for Medical Specialties and led a national group looking at improvements in the quality framework process.

He was UK representative to the European Union of Medical Specialties on behalf of the Internal Medicine Specialty Advisory Committee and a writing group member of the European Board of Internal Medicine curriculum revision group. He is an external adviser for consultant recruitment on behalf of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland.

Prof Phil Bright has extensive experience in postgraduate medical education, national policy, and specialty recruitment, having served as Chair of national committees, Director of Foundation Training, and Director of a national assessment programme. He is the Hewad of School of Medicine in the West Midlands and currently the Chair of the Heads of Schools of Medicine for The Federation of Physician Colleges. He is also a CQC Specialty Advisor.

Professor Bright has particular expertise in embedding equity, diversity and inclusion principles into recruitment and assessment, and has designed scoring rubrics and panel resources to support fair and transparent selection processes.

At board level, he has worked as a committee chair bringing advanced skills in financial oversight, data analysis, and performance interrogation. He is recognised for his principled leadership, stakeholder engagement with residents, examiners, regulators and international partners, and his ability to translate complex governance challenges into practical solutions.

A Consultant Geriatrician at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust, Dr Wallace was deputy international director for training and development until December 2025. She is the Federation representative in two sites for the IMT international programme, leading on ARCPs and accreditation. Dr Wallace co-chaired the national specialist advisory committee for Internal Medical Training for 6 years until Dec 2025 and was training programme director for IMT in the Northeast of England for 9 years. She is a PACES examiner, host and chair. Dr Wallace is a council member and on the board of trustees at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Dr Stuart Hood has been a Consultant Cardiologist at NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde since 2000. He has been an examiner for MRCP(UK) for 15 years and was a member of the Cardiology Specialty Question Group from 2007-2012. He served as Director of Medical Examinations at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 2012-2016. Stuart was then appointed Medical Secretary of the Clinical Examining Board in 2016 before taking the role of Associate Medical Director for clinical exams in 2019.

He was also heavily involved in the development and introduction of PACES23, and became Medical Director for Assessment in January 2024.

Dr Tanzeem Raza OBE was appointed as the new Federation International Medical Director for PACES in December 2022.

Dr Raza has wide-ranging experience in education and training, most recently as the secretary of the MRCP(UK) Part 2 Clinical Examining Board, as well as the Senior London Examiner for PACES. Prior to this, He previously worked as the Associate International Director for RCP London. He was one of the pioneer physicians to set up the new specialty of Acute Medicine in 1997.

Dr Raza is currently a Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. He previously served as the Director of Medical Education for his hospital. He is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer with the University of Southampton and a visiting fellow with the Bournemouth University. 

Dr Rod Harvey is a consultant Acute Medicine Physician and Endocrinologist working in Inverness, Scotland. He qualified in 1982 from the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle Upon Tyne and completed specialist training in Aberdeen. He was the Dean of Examinations at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for six years from 2017, a role in which he was responsible for the delivery of examinations provided by the College and the MRCP(UK) PACES in particular. He is an experienced PACES examiner having examined in excess of two thousand candidates both in the UK and overseas.

For five years from 2014 he held the position of Board Medical Director at NHS Highland during which time he studied quality improvement methodology and became a certified LEAN leader. As lead clinician for the Scottish National Diabetic Retinopathy screening programme he oversaw its implementation using digital retinal photography and the introduction of grading using automated image analysis.

Prof Albert Ferro studied Medicine at King’s College London (1978-1984), obtaining a 1st Class Honours intercalated BSc degree in Biochemistry along the way.

After qualifying, did his PhD in Clinical Pharmacology at Cambridge University. Since that time, his research and clinical interest have both focussed on the prevention and treatment of heart disease. He has been a Consultant Physician at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in London since 1996, and was appointed Professor of Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology at King’s College London in 2009.

He has previously served as Chair of the MRCP(UK) Part 1 Board for the previous five years and chaired the Royal College of Physicians Joint Specialty Committee on Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2011-2016). He is ex-Vice-President of the British Pharmacological Society (Clinical Section). He served as Chair of the London Cardiovascular Society between 2005 and 2009, of which he remains a committee member. 

Dr Jennings is the Federation CPD clinical lead. He took up the role of Medical Director for CPD in November 2018. He graduated from the University of Bristol and has been a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology in Kings Lynn for 25 years, working part time for the last 3 years. Dr Jennings has been closely involved in education and training in King’s Lynn, at a regional level and also at a national level.

He worked as an associate postgraduate dean for 5 years, introducing foundation training in the eastern region. During that time he devised and led the introduction of the first fully funded deanery-wide preparation for professional practice programme for foundation trainees in the UK; the scheme was subsequently adopted nationally. He chaired the East of England Diabetes and Endocrinology Training Committee for 8 years. He has acted as a regional adviser for the Royal College of Physicians, London (2009-19) and as a College Censor (2015-18). He was an elected councillor for the Royal College of Physicians, London (2015-8) and was a Trustee Councillor until 2020. He is also an experienced PACES examiner.  He has been involved in organising and approving CPD for 10 years.