William Henry Smithson MB ChB, MSc, MD, FRCGP, MICGP

Henry Smithson is a Professor of General practice at University College Cork. Henry Smithson now working in a practice serving a deprived population in the north of the city. The dynamic and changing nature of general practice requires valid evaluation of the service and in straightened times also needs to be part of a cost-conscious and cost-effective health service. The practice move to a new Primary Care Centre in 2018 where the department will take part in service development and evaluation. General practice is also a fruitful setting for a range of clinical research.

He has been involved in studies of childhood asthma, urinary diaries, medicines adherence, decision aids for patients, and self-management of epilepsy. His main interest is in the care of people with epilepsy and the impact of the condition on the individual. He currently working with epilepsy charities to set up registries of epilepsy-related death in UK and Ireland.