Celebrating 30 Years' Service

 

Dr Laurence Leaver MA (Cam), BM BCh (Oxf), FRCP (Lond), FRCGP, FHEA

On Wednesday, 1st April, Dr Laurence Leaver is celebrating 30 years as a Partner in the Practice.   We are sure you will join us in congratulating him on this tremendous achievement.  A book will be available in Reception throughout April for anyone wishing to write a message. Messages can also be sent by post or email.

Biography

Laurence arrived as a partner at Jericho Health centre on 1st April 1996, then aged 28. He completed his GP training in Bedfordshire having previously worked on the Spinal Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, as well as at various local hospitals. Before this he did his clinical studies (BM) in Oxford at Green College and his first three years (BA) in Cambridge at Emmanuel College. He got married in Oxford to Ro, a nurse he met at the Churchill Hospital.

He started off working with Dr Kenworthy-Browne and Dr Bogdanor and has worked with many doctors over the years, becoming senior partner in 2015. In the early years he was on call from home every other night and delivered babies, performed minor surgery and worked Saturday mornings. 

He is Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer for the Department of Primary Care and was Senior Doll and Governing Body Fellow at Green Templeton College 2004-2022, where he extensively developed college-based medical teaching. He has received awards for teaching, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University in 2023. He was secretary of the College Doctors Association 2014-2017 and Associate Director of Preclinical Studies for welfare 2017-2021. He was awarded fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians ( a rare honour for GPs) and the Royal College of General Practitioners, as well as the Higher Education Academy.

Laurence became interested in adult ADHD because of the lack of NHS services for patients.  Many patients in his general practice, and medical students he has supported, were suffering because their ADHD was not being addressed in NHS secondary care. He tried to engage with the local commissioning group and mental health trust, to help improve services. When local commissioners failed to fund agreed services which had been designed with his input, he trained to manage patients himself. Since then, he joined the executive committee of the UK Adult ADHD Network (which provides training for professionals managing ADHD). He has approximately 30 publications, with about 10 recent papers relating to ADHD.

While Dr Leaver would say that he is a generalist and ‘specialises’ in his patients, he would have to admit to interests in medical education, students, and mental health. He has co-authored a number of papers on various topics, including a high-impact study on lithium therapy and widely read articles on ADHD assessment and treatment.

Laurence has always been clear that he would not have been able to achieve all of this without the support of his wonderful wife, Ro, and their three sons, Jacob, Finlay and Morgan. 

Published: Mar 30, 2026