Mike trained first in Medicine and then in Psychiatry, and is now Executive Medical Director at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust. His Board-level responsibilities include medical leadership and management, medical education, revalidation of Doctors, quality governance, clinical effectiveness, Chief Information Officer, Caldicott Guardian, Mental Health Act, quality improvement and delivery, clinical strategy, medicines management and quality improvement models.

He is also National Specialty Advisor for Adult Mental Health and Chair of the Specialised Commissioning Specialised Mental Health Services Clinical Reference Group at NHS England and NHS Improvement. He works clinically as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Single Point of Access for secondary care.