Ray is a registered mental health nurse. He trained at King’s College London and since qualifying has worked at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s Health Partners in a variety of nursing roles. In his current role, Ray uses his clinical experience to support implementation of IMPHS initiatives in practice; he also has responsibilities for navigating the clinical systems – auditing and service evaluation, and research. Ray is also undertaking an ICA Pre-doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship supported by Health Education England and the NIHR – his research interest is obesity in serious mental illness.