
Timeline
About me
Award winning GP | Community Lead | Keynote Speaker | Digital Lead | Workplace Wellbeing Consultant | Transition Coach | Mental Health Ambassador | Educator | Project Manager | Planetary Health and NHS activist
Education

Imperial college london
2007 - 2013Bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (mbbs)with Honours

Imperial college london
2010 - 2011Bachelor of science (b.sc.) respiratory science and medical humanities.webp)
St george's, university of london (for students and alumni)
2019 - 2020Postgraduate certificate in healthcare and biomedical education
Experience

Maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust
Aug 2013 - Jul 2014Foundation year 1 doctor
King's college hospital nhs foundation trust
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015Foundation year 2 doctor
National health singers
Jan 2015 - nowCommittee memberOutside of work he has continued to raise staff morale and promote public awareness of the future of the NHS with the National Health Singers, a choir he helped set up during the junior doctors strikes, consisting of NHS staff and supporters. They routinely perform at rallies and conferences to thank and support their colleagues and performed at Carnegie Hall, New York this summer in support of several national mental health organisations.

St george's university hospitals nhs foundation trust
Aug 2016 - May 2024Aiming to develop his understanding of mental health and introduce integrated community services to his practice, he enrolled in the Learning Together scheme running consultations with a Psychiatry Registrar for complex socially deprived patients with multifactorial problems contributing to their worsening mental health. Keen to also practice preventative medicine and interested in the use of digital technology to improve patient outcomes he has in coordination with Wandsworth CCG run a pilot to identify incidental AF in the community using the new Kardia device. Show less
Ambassador of Health & Wellbeing
Jan 2017 - May 2024GP Trainee
Aug 2016 - Jan 2020

Health education england
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017Project lead for team up: yarrowLed a team of healthcare professionals in coordination with HEE, Team Up (a legacy of the 2012 London Olympics) & Yarrow Charity - to design, create, organise and run training days for NHS staff. We were tasked with improving services for people with learning disabilities and went on to be awarded the Best Project in London 2017 by HEE.

Health education england
Oct 2017 - nowApproached by the GP Head of School for a HEE funded project to create a new online community to support all OOP/LTFT/maternity and paternity GP trainees across London as well as those returning to training. The forum provides peer advice and up to date resources so trainees don’t have to go through the experience alone and reduces delays in response and the admin burden on HEE staff. Collaborated with HEE and GP Reps to improve education and resolve training issues for all GP trainees across London. Coordinated with RCGP and the BMA to provide better resources and online services. Helped organise teaching for his local Vocational Training Scheme. Coordinated with HEE helping trainees through the new junior doctors contract issues and has since worked with his local guardian to create a Wellbeing legacy for hospital colleagues.
Pan London SuppoRTT Champion
Sept 2019 - nowCo-Creator of the HEE Online Support Community
Oct 2018 - May 2024HEE Chair for South London GP Trainees
Aug 2018 - Aug 2019Trainee Representative
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018

Grafton medical partners
Aug 2018 - May 2024Specialising in mental health and innovating primary care.
Salaried GP
Mar 2020 - May 2024GP Registrar
Aug 2018 - Feb 2020

Londonwide lmcs
Jan 2019 - May 2024The LMC represents the interests of all GPs working in Wandsworth, establishing and maintaining relationships with key partners, including Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group, Wandsworth Public Health and NHS England. To provide local leadership and representation in accordance with the Strategic Framework of LLMCs to constituent GPs and their practices to secure a future for general practice that is properly funded, adequately resourced and appropriately regulated within a fair contractual framework. Show less
Committee Chair
Sept 2020 - May 2024LMC Wandsworth Representative
Jan 2019 - May 2024

Royal college of general practitioners
May 2019 - nowSupporting GPs in the first five years post qualification throughout the South London area. Recognising the need for support and advice during the transition from registrar to GP in the first few years of College membership. Setting up connections and education events to create a supportive network of peers. Helping create a host of new wellbeing initiatives focused on addressing workload issues, burnout, retention and how they can provide benefit for all RCGP members.
Established GP Co-Lead (North East London)
Nov 2024 - nowSouth London Faculty First 5 Lead
Nov 2019 - Jan 2025Wellbeing Committee
May 2019 - May 2024

Imperial college london
Oct 2019 - Mar 2023TeacherTeaching on the new Lifestyle Medicine & Prevention Course to develop students’ insight into their own health and wellbeing; recognise the wider determinants of health and build skills and behaviour that will improve patient outcomes.

The workwell doctors
Jan 2020 - nowCo-founderThe Work Well Docs comprises of GP’s with specialist expertise in wellbeing, supporting healthcare staff and lifestyle medicine who provide bespoke experiences to create a supportive workplace that cultivates positive emotional and physical health and wellbeing for the individual and the organisation.

Merton medical practice
Jul 2020 - Apr 2021Salaried gp
Nhs england
Sept 2020 - Sept 2022Nhs england spin fellowshipA substantive fellowship role focussed around Healthcare systems, leadership, education and mental health of staff and patients. Regular engagement on new PCN projects including supporting new to area staff. Lead on a project supporting asylum seekers relocated to our area during the covid-19 pandemic. Also co-lead on a project to improve the mental health of children and young people. Completed my Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare and Biomedical Education. Gained accreditation in coaching. Facilitated teaching in Wandsworth and Merton in conjunction with the local federation and training hub. Show less

Planet.health
Sept 2022 - nowOrganising committeeA global incubator project, we're bringing together experts from the fields of planetary health, Web3, AI, the arts and more in order to collaborate on novel solutions to the climate crises. Current projects around community DAOs, mental health effects of societal migration and AI.

First 4 health group
Jun 2023 - nowDigital innovation lead gp
Nhs england
Jul 2023 - Jul 2024Digital health fellowship
Licenses & Certifications

Coaching
Your coaching journeyDec 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Dr Alex LaiShorlisted for First5 GP Of The Year 2021-22 Royal College of General Practitioners Oct 2022
- Awarded to Dr Alex LaiGP Trainee of the Year Royal College of General Practitioners Oct 2019 Inaugural Inspire Award for being a true champion and ambassador of General Practice; providing exceptional support to others; consistent commitment above and beyond the expected; achievement under challenging circumstances; and being an inspiration to others through their volunteering roles.
- Awarded to Dr Alex LaiRobert Hardwick 1st Prize - Jul 2014 Winner of the Robert Hardwick Prize for my presentation on 'Saving Deaths': exploring the approaches of doctors and society towards dying and how we can ensure that end-of-lifequality of care and preparation is discussed and regarded as highly as births, given its inevitability, in the wake of the removal of the Liverpool Care Pathway.
- Awarded to Dr Alex LaiAlan Pentacost Award - Runner Up - “Smart and Wireless Technology in Hospital Medicine” - Sep 2013 Presented on “Smart and Wireless Technology in Hospital Medicine” – giving an update of the advances we’ve made, the benefits of smart technology integration, a realistic overview of how advantageous it can be for students, doctors and for patients, as well as an insight into future technology.
Languages
- caCantonese
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