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
Contact
Specialist interests
- Stroke education (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Stroke research and recruitment
- Stroke service development
- Eating and drinking at risk
- Delirium
- Neurorehabilitation
Last updated: November 2022