Dr Matt Kneale, MBChB

He/Him · Greater Manchester, UK · matt@drmk.link

Profile

Emergency Medicine doctor and healthcare policy advocate bridging clinical practice, medicolegal work, and product development. Former Co‑Chair of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK). Currently building Fyllio, a modern platform challenging legacy systems in UK medical training. Featured across national media for advocacy during COVID‑19 and on workforce policy.

Highlights

  • Led work on a Liveable NHS Bursary proposal for medical students.
  • Drove suspension of medical school placements during junior doctor strikes for safety.
  • Built formal partnerships between DAUK and GMC, BMA, Royal Colleges; regular stakeholder engagement with HEE.
  • Provided medicolegal guidance to clinicians (e.g., ARCP outcomes), working with legal partners; engaged in judicial review processes on misinformation regulation.
  • Frequent media spokesperson: BBC, The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, i, ITV, Pulse, BMJ.

Experience

Founder, Fyllio — Self‑employed (Jun 2025–present) · Manchester, Hybrid

Building Fyllio: independent ePortfolio and workflow tooling for UK medical training.

  • Focus: product strategy, engineering, commercial and legal foundations.
  • Skills: business management, web development, corporate finance, legal research.

Junior Clinical Fellow — NCA NHS FT (Apr 2024–present), Bury

  • Resident rota covering adult, paediatric, and mental health presentations in a busy DGH.
  • Work across MDTs to deliver safe care and maintain flow in the ED.

Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) — Various leadership roles (Mar 2020–present)

  • Committee Member (Apr 2024–present) — policy briefs on MAPs, support doctors in difficulty, organisational continuity.
  • Co‑Chair (May 2022–Apr 2024) — led campaigns on wellbeing, whistleblowing, MAPs, policy; frequent media.
  • Vice Chair (Feb 2021–May 2022) — strategy, partnerships, advocacy.
  • Social Media Team (Mar 2020–Feb 2021) — comms and public engagement.

Locum Doctor — Holt Doctors (Apr 2023–Jan 2024) · Manchester

Emergency Medicine clinical work across sites.

Foundation Year 2 Doctor — NCA NHS FT (Aug 2021–Apr 2023), Manchester

Rotations: General Medicine, GP, A&E.

Foundation Year 1 Doctor — Pennine Acute Hospitals (Aug 2020–Aug 2021), Manchester

Rotations: Trauma & Orthopaedics, Psychiatry, Acute Medicine.

Pre‑FY1 — UHCW NHS Trust (Mar 2020–Jun 2020) · Coventry

Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Research Intern — UHSM (Sep 2013–Sep 2015), Wythenshawe

National Aspergillosis Centre: epidemiology and modelling of fungal disease; presented regionally and internationally; fieldwork in Uganda (Gulu, Kampala) for data collection.

Placement Student — Mycology Reference Centre Manchester (Sep 2011–Jun 2012)

Diagnostic mycology; susceptibility testing; contributed data to cardiothoracic journal article; supported CPA interim accreditation.

Education

  • MBChB, Medicine — University of Warwick (2015–2020)
    • Activities: Surgical Society, Wilderness Medicine.
  • BSc (Hons), Biomedical Science with Professional Studies — University of Salford (2009–2013) · First Class
    • Modules include Cell Biology, Physiology, Clinical Genetics/Immunology, Haematology & Transfusion, Medical Biochemistry, Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Research Skills.
    • 20‑credit research project: HHV‑8 and Kaposi’s sarcoma (literature review, data collection and analysis).
  • A‑levels — Bilborough College (2007–2009): Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Language, Photography.

Publications

  • Global access to antifungal therapy and its variable cost — Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2016).
  • Results of surgery for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis… — Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2013).
  • Global burden of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a systematic review.

Skills

  • Clinical: Emergency Medicine.
  • Policy & Advocacy: health policy, medicolegal support, stakeholder management, crisis comms, media relations.
  • Product & Technical: product strategy, web development, TypeScript.
  • Research & Analysis: epidemiology, data analysis, scientific writing.

Contact

Email: matt@drmk.link · Blog: drmk.link

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