The team

Keith Pollard - Managing Director and Managing Editor

Keith Pollard spent ten years in marketing and operational roles in the private healthcare sector before setting up Acumen Solutions, an internet development company in the mid-1990's, specialising in the healthcare market. Private Healthcare UK was one of several internet ventures which were created by at that time.  In 2003, Keith formed Intuition Communication as a web publising company and embarked on a major investment in the redevelopment and expansion of the Private Healthcare UK. The Intuition portfolio has grown impressively since then, and Intuition has become a leader in medical tourism with the development of Treatment Abroad.

Keith writes a health and medical tourism blog on Blogger.

Dr Nick Plowman - Medical Director

Nick Plowman is Senior Clinical Oncologist to St Bartholomew’s Hospital (adults) and The Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street (children) with visiting duties to St Mark's Hospital for diseases of the rectum and colon and Moorfields Eye Hospital. He has been Head of Department at St. Bartholomews' from 1989-1997 and from 2000 to the present time.

Dr Plowman is also a shareholder in Intuition Communication Ltd.

Priscilla Barlow Clark, Office Manager 

Priscilla Barlow Clark joined the company in 2006 as office manager.  She graduated from the University of Natal in South Africa with a degree in Economics, Marketing and Advertising and Business Administration. She became a dedicated and intensive fruit farmer in the Cape, and then left South Africa and came to the UK in 2001. She worked at a local private school and then for two wholesale companies where she ran the accounts section, arranged European orders, executed national orders.

Editorial

Sarah Dawson

Sarah Dawson is a Brighton based journalist who writes for national and international newspapers, magazines and websites. Sarah has worked as a journalist since 1997, mostly as a freelance.  Her articles have appeared in a diversity of publications from The Guardian to Red magazine.

Sarah specialises in health & wellbeing, holistic travel and lifestyle features. View Sarah Dawson's website.

Ian Youngman

Ian is a writer and researcher specialising in insurance and health.He writes regularly for a variety of magazines, newsletters, and on-line services. He also publishes a range of insurance reports and undertakes research for companies. An ACII, with an honours degree in Economics from the University of Liverpool, Ian was a co-founder of The General Insurance Market Research Association. He also has widespread experience within the insurance industry at management level, working for brokers, a bank and an insurance company.

Nicola Walton

Nicola has a background in healthcare marketing and in medical publishing as editor for a worldwide clinicians' publication. She manages the Articles and Features area of Private Healthcare UK, commissioning and editing original articles from UK doctors and dentists.

Content management

Julie Pitman, Content Manager

Julie is a developer with extensive experience in design and development of web applications, and back end content management systems.

At Private Healthcare UK, she is responsible for generating and organising the pages devoted to healthcare providers as well as helping to maintain the overall structure and consistency of the site.

Ben Reed, Content Editor

With experience as a journalist and a passion for online technology, Ben joined the Intuition team in July 2007. As a content editor he is responsible for the maintenance and updating of content to our websites as well ensuring that they are well optimised for Internet search engines.

Guy Parry, Content Editor

Rapid growth of Private Healthcare UK, Treatment Abroad and the Harley Street Guide has led to an increased need for content management resources.  Bringing experience with his background in document and content management systems, Guy has joined the editing team on a freelance basis.

Michael Hannah, Content Editor

Michael has been working with the web since 1995 when he helped set up one of the UK's first tourist information sites. A freelancer, he is involved in a number of information projects large and small, mainly in the arts, tourism and healthcare sectors. He is particularly interested in the use of specialist content management systems to assist in the upkeep and development of large web sites. 

 Sales

Philip Archbold - Head of Sales

Philip joined Private Healthcare UK from an advertising management role in the print publishing sector. He has overall responsibility for advertising sales, sponsorship and lead generation sales on Private Healthcare UK and the Harley Street Guide.

Vivienne Gibb - Sales Executive

Vivienne is responsible for the sale of services to UK doctors who participate in Private Healthcare UK and the Harley Street Guide.

Nick Darby - Sales Executive

Nick is a full-time sales executive, responsible for sales to overseas, generated through the Treatment Abroad site.

Richard Wyatt - Sales Executive

Richard joined the team from a leading directory advertising group. He has had extensive experience within sales and customer service. He is now responsible for sales into the Health Insurance and Workplace Health sections of Private Healthcare UK.