Jonathan Kay spent most of his career as a chemical pathologist in Oxford. He has also been Clinical Informatics Director at NHS England, Professor of Health Informatics at University College London and City University London, and Chair of the Council and of the Trustees of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics.
His research interests include the process of clinical investigation, medical knowledge management, and everyday technology at the point of care. With John McVittie he invented the way that laboratory medicine reports are sent to all general practitioners in the UK. With Ian Smith he developed the point of care testing implementations across the Oxford hospitals and the Oxfordshire Emergency Multidisciplinary Assessment Units. He has been a board member of Lab Tests Online UK since its creation.
He spends as much time as possible acting, walking and cycling.