Professor Simon Lal is a Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Manchester and has been Clinical Lead of a national Intestinal Failure Reference Centre since 2012.  His centre is a worldwide leader in clinical excellence quality outcomes improvement.  He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles based on using multimodal methodology including quality improvement techniques, clinical audit, large data handling as well as qualitative research. He is a key opinion leader in quality improvement, delivering 10-20 lectures at international conferences each year.