Dr Ian Lawrence

Ian Lawrence is the chief clinical information officer and clinical director for integration at Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust (DCHS). He is also the SRO for Team up Derbyshire which is a wide ranging ‘bottom up’ programme that uses strengths-based approaches to integrate neighbourhood teams across General Practice Community Health and Adult Social Care. 

Ian also works as a deputy lead for the Primary Care Development arm of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Ian is GP by background but left direct clinical practice in 2019, he has been a GP partner in rural North Wales and in Derbyshire. He led the integration of three GP practices into DCHS leadership. 

He was a CCG Governing Body member from 2011 to 2015 and retains a strong system leadership role with a particular focus on community service integration. He is passionate about the importance of jobs in health and care being enjoyable – and what it takes to make them enjoyable. He volunteers every summer with Festival Medical Services, a charity who provide voluntary medical cover at music festivals and use the proceeds to support charities worldwide.