Alistair Church has two working roles, as a GP principal in a semi rural practice in Gwent, South Wales, and as a consultant specialist in neurology at the Royal Gwent Hospital. His special interest is movement disorder, particularly atypical Parkinsonism. He is principal investigator in several pharm sponsored trials in progressive supranuclear palsy and multisystem atrophy. He was part of the guideline development group tasked with updating the NICE Parkinson’s guidelines in 2017.