Ian Reckless

Ian was appointed as a Non Executive Director at ROH in November 2022.

He has been Medical Director at Milton Keynes Hospital since April 2016, and Deputy Chief Executive since 2020. He qualified from St George’s Hospital Medical School, London and undertook postgraduate training in the Oxford region. He worked as Special Adviser to the Healthcare Commission in 2004, and was Special Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer in 2005-06.

Ian was appointed Consultant Physician and Senior NIHR Research Fellow at Oxford University Hospitals in 2007. He also held the roles of Associate Medical Director (Quality) and Clinical Director, Neurosciences. Ian has a good understanding of system working having been a member of the Governing Body of a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for several years, and is currently leading work with partner organisations in Milton Keynes.

Ian continues to undertake clinical work in Acute Medicine and has a particular interest in postgraduate education, having previously served as a Training Programme Director, and has authored books on general medicine, and the interface between medicine and the law.