Tom has held senior management positions in East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership since 2015, initially as General Manager of the hosted Specialist Learning Disability Service and more recently as Head of Adult Services: Learning Disability, Mental Health and Recovery. Tom originally trained as a nurse in the mid-1990s, qualifying in Learning Disability Nursing in 1998 at the University of Stirling.

Tom has worked in a variety of posts, initially in nursing roles in both community and inpatient settings.  He then moved to the third sector, working to establish a provider supporting people to move from long stay hospitals.  In this role Tom developed adult family placement, supported living, respite and other services and was promoted to Project Manager.  Tom returned to NHS Argyll and Clyde in 2005 becoming involved in Service Redesign and worked to realise the final closure of Merchiston Hospital.

Throughout his career Tom has had a strong focus on service quality and designing approaches that support people with learning disability to live well in local communities.  Between 2009 and 2012 he was the Service Redesign Manager for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde inpatient services and later led on work to redesign community services.  After a short spell as Professional Nurse Advisor, he was appointed General Manager culminating in his current post.

As Head of Adult Services: Learning Disability, Mental Health and Recovery, He manages East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership Mental Health, Recovery and local Learning Disability teams

Tom is also responsible for three services hosted by East Renfrewshire on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Specialist Learning Disability inpatient services, the Adult Autism Service and The Scottish Centre of Technology for the Communication Impaired which provides specialist assessment for Augmentative and Alternative communication across supports 12 Scottish health Boards.

Tom believes in strong partnership and integrated working, keeping people at the centre of all we do and designing approaches which focus on people and not services.  He works closely with people, third sector and public services and has supported the development of Scottish Policy, most recently the Coming Home Implementation Report.