Ian Philp

Professor Ian Philp is Chief Medical Officer of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals and is Honorary Professor of Health Care for Older People at the University of Warwick.

He established the Sheffield Institute for Studies on aging which won the Queen’s Award for Higher Education in 2000. His research interests are in improving the lives of older people through better assessment and response to their health and care needs Professor Philp was the National Clinical Director (“Tsar”) for Older People in the Department of Health from 2000 to 2008, leading the development and implementation of the National Service Framework for Older People. He is currently the Parliamentary spokesperson for the British Geriatrics Society. His NHS work focuses on cutting the costs of frailty through early intervention in primary care and more effective response to frailty crisis. Professor Philp has been an adviser to the World Health Organisation and advised governments in many countries on the care of older people. He is a frequent media commentator on healthy ageing and the care of older people and was the co-presenter of the BBC1 series “How to Live Longer” and scientific lead for “The Young Ones”. He was awarded the CBE for services to health care and older people in the Queen’s Birthday Honors list in 2008.