Professor David Peters trained as a medical doctor and homoeopath and later as a GP and osteopath. He directed the NHS-based complementary therapies development programme at Marylebone Health Centre, and helped found the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, where he is Clinical Director. He established and led the Delivery Advisory Group of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health until 2006 and has co-authored or edited five books about integrated healthcare. He chairs the British Holistic Medical Association, and edits its journal, the Journal of Holistic Healthcare.