Dr Alex has become a respected and well-known figure amongst healthcare professionals in the UK, stemming from his years as an A&E doctor he brought the nation reassuring and accessible advice from the frontline during the Covid 19 pandemic. In 2021 his first book, Live Well Every Day was published, and is a Sunday Times bestseller.
Alex is on a mission to improve mental health support for young people and has become prolific throughout the UK in his campaigning for Early Support Hubs. In February 2021, Alex was appointed by the Prime Minister as Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government.
Alex has a hugely successful podcast, Stompcast, which promotes the importance of walking in nature for mental and physical wellbeing.
In November 2021, presented his first full length documentary for BBC One and Children Need, Dr Alex: Our Young Mental Health Crisis. He also hosts his own radio show on Classic FM, Inner Harmony, which explores the relationship between classical music and wellbeing.
Alex has 2M followers on Instagram alone, and a rapidly growing audience on YouTube & TikTok. Across his platforms, Alex has become a leading voice in mental and physical health and wellbeing and uses his platform to make health and medicine more accessible to millennials and beyond.
Alex’s first children’s book, A Better Day, was released in September 2022