David Fearnley

David has been a consultant forensic psychiatrist since 2001 and was appointed as the Medical Director for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in 2005. He then moved to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, as the Executive Medical Director, in August 2019. His interests include encouraging doctors to become involved in medical leadership, quality improvement science, large-scale transformational change, and digital health technology. David was named the Royal College of Psychiatrists Inaugural ‘Psychiatrist of the Year (2009), received the Healthcare Financial Management Association/Academy of Medical Royal Colleges ‘Working with Finance - Clinician of the Year Award’ in 2013, and was named in the Health Service Journal’s 100 Clinical Leaders List in 2015.