Keith Lloyd
Keith Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Professor of Psychiatry Swansea University | |
| Director of NISH - National Institute for Sport and Health | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Guy's Hospital Medical School London School of Economics |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Psychiatry |
Keith Lloyd is professor of psychiatry at Swansea University Medical School.[1] where he is also director of NISH[2] - the National Institute for Sport and Health[2]. NISH is funded by Swansea Bay City Deal [3] and is a leading innovation hub in Swansea dedicated to advancing sport, health, and wellbeing through technology. It is primarily a collaboration between Swansea University, the Swansea Bay City Deal, local health boards (NHS Wales), and industry partners, such as Vodafone[4] designed to foster research and innovation in the sector.
Keith Lloyd is the chair of Health Technology Wales[5] [6] HTW appraises non-medicine health and social care technologies and models of care and support. Based on clinical and cost effectiveness appraisal HTW publishes guidance on whether the technology should be adopted for use in Wales[7].
Keith Lloyd is a council member of the General Medical Council. He is one of six doctors and six lay members on the council, and is the registrant member for Wales[8] . The GMC works with doctors, physician associates, anaesthesia associates, those they care for and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care across the UK[9]
Education and early career
Lloyd qualified in medicine from Guy's Hospital Medical School. He later studied at the London School of Economics, trained in psychiatry at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospitals and then undertook doctoral research at the Institute of Psychiatry London. He was subsequently appointed as consultant psychiatrist in Exeter UK and then became a professor of psychiatry and honorary consultant psychiatrist in Swansea.[10]
Professional roles
From 2012-20 Lloyd was Dean of Swansea University Medical School. From 2016-20 he was the elected chair in Wales and Vice President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Between 2020-2025 he was Pro Vice chancellor for Medicine Health & Life Science at Swansea University. From 2020-25 he was an indepdendent member of Swansea Bay University Health Board.[10] [11] Keith Has been chair of the Welsh Psychiatric Society since 2005 [12]
Awards and honours
References
- ^ https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/k.r.lloyd/
- ^ a b "About Us". The National Institute for Sport & Health. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Swansea Bay City Deal | Home". Swansea Bay City Deal. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Swansea University and Vodafone strengthen partnership with new collaboration agreement". Swansea University. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Home". Health Technology Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Executive Group". Health Technology Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Adoption audit". Health Technology Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Council members". www.gmc-uk.org. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Home". www.gmc-uk.org. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ a b https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-lloyd-a5932061/?originalSubdomain=uk
- ^ "Swansea Bay Welcomes New Member to its Board". Swansea Bay University Health Board. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Psychiatric Society". www.rcpsych.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Keith Lloyd". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ RCPE. "Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Educating doctors, improving care". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 December 2025.