Phil was appointed as the Director of Corporate Services, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust in January 2022. Phil joined Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in 2012, having worked in the NHS since 2000. He went on to become the director of governance and corporate development for both Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in October 2017 before the two trusts merged in April 2020 to form Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. He worked for the Somerset Heath Authority before becoming director of corporate services for Taunton Deane Primary Care Trust and then director of corporate services and communications for NHS Somerset from 2006 – 2011. He previously worked for the Treasury Solicitor’s department, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and AXA PPP healthcare.