Peter Sommerville

Consultant in stroke, geriatric and general medicine

Biography

Peter Sommerville is a consultant in stroke, geriatric and general medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

He is also:

  • service lead for stroke and neurorehabilitation
  • honorary senior lecturer, school of population and environmental sciences, King's College London
  • medical information officer for the Apollo digital transformation project

Education and training

  • Postgraduate certificate in leadership in health, London South Bank University
  • Medicine and surgery (MBBS), King's College London
  • MA in neurophysiology, psychology and philosophy, University of Oxford

Research interests

  • Eating and drinking at risk
  • Delirium
  • Quality improvement and patient safety

Awards

  • Excellence in patient care award, Royal College of Physicians, 2020
  • Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference, 2019 
  • Best poster prize, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Quality Improvement Project Awards, 2018
  • Best abstract prize, King's Health Partners Safety Connections Conference, 2017
  • Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference, 2017
  • Innovation award, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Therapy Quality Improvement Study Day, 2017
  • Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference, 2016
  • Abstract prize, United Kingdom Swallow Research Group Conference, 2016
  • Distinction in Darzi Fellowship Postgraduate Certificate

Last updated: November 2022

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