Dr Ben Thomas FRCP

Dr Ben Thomas is a consultant physician and nephrologist at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in north-east Wales. He studied medicine at the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, graduating in 2002. He completed his postgraduate training in Wales before his appointment as consultant in 2011. Ben previously served as the RCP regional adviser for north Wales and holds several senior leadership roles, including assistant medical director for law and ethics at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. In this role, he established and chairs the Clinical Law and Ethics Committee, providing guidance on complex ethical issues across the organisation. He is also an associate medical director for mortality. Ben leads the All Wales Consent to Examination and Treatment Programme, helping to shape national policy and practice. At a UK level, he is clinical co-chair of the UK Kidney Association Law and Ethics Committee and has been an active member of the RCP Committee on Ethical Issues in Medici