Lawrie Kidd

Non Executive Director

Background

Appointment: April 2024

Lawrie is a Consultant Anaesthetist working in Gloucestershire and living in Bristol. His main clinical interests centre around the perioperative care of complex and frail patients, with a particular interest in Vascular and Regional Anaesthesia. He has an active research portfolio with particular research interests in emergency airway management and perioperative decision making.

With an interest in promoting psychological safety and organisational development, Lawrie is a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in his Acute Trust, and Non-Executive sponsor within GP Care.

With ongoing industry experience working within the Health/Medtech sector, Lawrie combines frontline clinical expertise with a strong background in pathway redesign and deep understanding of healthcare technology. With a strong research and quality improvement background in his medical capacity, he leverages this to ensure pathway transformation is clinically assured, safe and robust – meeting the needs of all stakeholders in the process.  

Outside of work, Lawrie lives with his wife and 2 young daughters and seems to spend the majority of his time outside of work taking them to dance lessons and birthday parties.