A GP retired after 30 years, currently working as Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, providing advice and teaching around clinical informatics and in research using GP data.  Dr Williams is a past chair of the Joint GP IT Committee and was previously clinical adviser to PRIMIS+ and more recently national clinical safety lead to the GP2GP record transfer project which has led to the safe transfer of the full electronic patient record now being the norm in England when patients change practices.