Richard has extensive experience of public engagement and partnership working in the voluntary, public and education sectors. He developed innovative programmes of support for coalmining communities in the midlands, later managing the Rural Development Programme in Nottinghamshire. Richard established the innovative East Midlands School for Social Entrepreneurs and a network of Independent Equalities Advisory Groups in Nottinghamshire.
More recently, Richard worked with the James Lind Alliance Pressure Ulcer Partnership, on the innovative project "Order, Chaos and Chronic Illness" exploring the way we think and write about chronic ill health. He co-chairs the Department of Health Sciences Patient and Public Involvement Committee, is a James Lind Alliance Adviser and Consumer Network Coordinator for Cochrane.
Bachelor of Science Degree, First Class Honours, Geography, Open University, 1996
Richard's research interests are in patient and public involvement in research.