David Colin-Thomé

David Colin-Thomé is the National Director for Primary Care for the Department of Health in England.   He has considerable experience in the public sector having spent eleven years as a councillor, was formerly National Clinical Director for Primary Care, a senior medical officer at the Scottish Office and Director of Primary care at North West and London Regional offices and adviser to Central Manchester University Hospital.

Dr. Colin-Thomé was a GP from 1971 at Castlefields Health Centre Runcorn, retiring March 2007.  His practice has been leading-edge nationally, pioneering systematic management of long-term conditions employing managed care techniques.  

He also has been on many overseas advisory visits specialising in primary care development and publishes regularly on primary care reform.  He is the clinical lead for the eighteen week programme.

He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1997 and is an honorary visiting professor of the Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management at Manchester University and of the School of Health, University of Durham.  He was educated at Hutton Grammar School in Preston, and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School.