Tony Willis

Clinical Director for Diabetes

Tony has twenty years of experience in general practice in inner-city West London, and seven years’ experience in leading innovation and improvement across West and North London. He was a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion from 2017-2019, and has spoken at numerous diabetes and digital conferences.

He is passionate about improving outcomes for people living with diabetes or at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

His focus is on two main areas:

1. Supporting patients make improvements in health and wellbeing. He has led the development and launch of the North West London REWIND programme, as well as being a strong advocate of low carb and intermittent fasting approaches.
2. Making use of digital technology to support patients more effectively. Preventing Diabetes is the result of this passion. It provides patients with a reliable web source of information, the opportunity to receive targeted email and text support for their condition and health records access.

Jane Wheeler

Director, Local Care, North West London ICB

The Local Care Programme supports West and North London-wide delivery of out of hospital services. This covers areas as diverse as Long Term Conditions – such as Diabetes, Discharge, Long Covid, and other services delivered outside hospitals. Jane has worked in West and North London for nearly 10 years leading work on Mental Health, working within RBKC borough and supporting the Grenfell Tower Fire health response.

Jane’s priority is to ensure across the programme that we are making concrete changes which improve the experience and outcomes for people across North West London – which can be sustained.

She is especially proud of our work supporting earlier discharge through the virtual ward and that North West London was the first to get accurate diagnosis services for lung conditions started up again after the pandemic.

Phil Brough

Head of Long Term Conditions, Local Care, West and North London ICB

Phil oversees delivery of a proactive model of care supporting people at risk, and/or living with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and respiratory illness. Phil is also vice chair of Citizen’s Advice in Hammersmith & Fulham which supports over 7,00 clients with advice on welfare, debt, housing, employment and consumer rights.

Phil is passionate about the lived experience voice of people to shape the design of health care services, reducing health inequities and is an anti-racist ally.

Some of Phil’s proudest achievements are working with DHSC and HMT to secure £148m of funding for hospices to deliver additional NHS capacity during the Covid-19 emergency response: providing 4,800 beds days, 50,000 community contacts, as well as supporting the rapid implementation of a single point of access and 24/7 specialist advice.