Legal & General Insurance has appointed Dr Tarun Gupta as medical officer (MO).
An NHS GP, clinical commissioner and occupational physician, he will provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases to help improve decision-making and thought leadership on clinical issues”, a company spokesperson said.
With professional interests in mental health and occupational health, Dr Gupta currently serves as clinical lead for mental health for the largest clinical commissioning group in England, GP Reference Panel and committee member for the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence on clinical guidelines and as specialist adviser to the Care Quality Commission.
He began his professional career at Goldman Sachs before pursuing graduate-entry medicine. He is currently completing his executive-MBA equivalent at Harvard Business School.
Vanessa Sallows, claims and governance director at Legal & General, said Dr Gupta is joining the organisation at a time when the NHS primary care sector is seeing “monumental change” in the way it operates.
Sallows said: “At a time when occupational health is also shifting focus, becoming more focused on prevention to help meet employer and societal healthcare goals, Tarun’s experience here will prove invaluable, as will his ongoing support to the claims team which will include training as well as complex case reviews.”