Dr Neil McGuire, FRCA
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr Neil McGuire
Neil is currently the Senior Clinician, Devices Division at MHRA. He previously served for 28 years in the RAF and for most of this he also worked in the NHS as a Consultant. This was mainly in Oxford in ICM, but he gave up clinical medicine in 2017, due to the demands of MHRA.
He’s had experience across a wide range of medicine and worked in many clinical settings, including caring for battlefield wounded, long distance transportation of the severely war injured, ICM and anaesthesia in the NHS and in a major Trauma Center in Baltimore. He feels he has been very lucky to have been part of some of the major advances in clinical practice, particularly in the treatment of trauma and major haemorrhage.
Throughout his career he’s always had a strong interest in patient safety, particularly in relation to medical devices and has worked with many different specialty colleagues, engineers and scientists, which he feels has been a hugely enriching experience. This led him to the Devices Clinical Director role at MHRA for almost 5 years. He is now the Senior Clinician in Devices and continues to be fully committed to improving patient safety by working with colleagues from all aspects of healthcare and beyond.