Prof Stuart Maitland-Knibb has worked extensively in urgent care, emergency medicine and pre-hospital emergency medicine. He is a GP, Consultant in pre-hospital emergency medicine, and a specialist in remote and hostile locations. After working in the military for 12 years as clinical director, he created an out-of-hospital remote centre to deliver urgent and emergency care to be delivered solely by primary carers. This has developed into a highly successful unit delivering class-leading care in the community.