Dr Alka Patel

GP, Health Coach and Lifestyle Medicine Physician. She is the Founder of Lifestyle First® and the Creator of The L.I.F.E.S.T.Y.L.E. First Method. Uncovering the pioneering field of epigenetics to reduce biological ageing. Her approach to healthcare is centered on the knowledge that much disease is preventable, reversible, and reducible and that health lies in self-care, self-compassion, and valuing lifestyle first. Dr. Patel has 20 years practice as an NHS GP, she qualified from Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital in 1990 and completed her GP training in 1999, achieving a distinction in her membership exams for the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has a broad range of clinical experience, with Diplomas in family planning, obstetrics and gynecology, child health and dermatology as well as in Advanced Primary Care Management. She further has experience in behaviour change, habit change, sleep, menopause, diabetes and emotional health and she holds a Diploma from the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine/British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and an accredited coaching qualification with the National Society of Health Coaches as well as in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Additional participating role includes working with regulatory bodies including NHSE (Specialist Appraiser), the GMC (Performance Assessor) and CQC (Specialist Advisor).