Dr Ian Lawrence
Clinical Director for Integration | Chief Clinical Information Officer
Derbyshire Community Health services
Ian Lawrence is the Chief Clinical Information Officer and Clinical Director for Integration at Derbyshire Community Health Services FT (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 is a lapsed GP having left direct clinical practice in 2019. In his career as a practicing GP, he has been a partner in rural North Wales and in Derbyshire. Latterly he led the integration of three GP practices into DCHS.
Has 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.
