Dr Claire Gillvray is a GP, Lifestyle Medicine physician and Director of Cambridge Private Doctors. Claire has been a GP for over 20 years and has worked with Cambridge Private Doctors since 2018. She is proud to be one of the Directors and enjoys all aspects of primary care, including child health, women’s health and men’s health, alongside leading the weight management service.
Following qualification, Claire moved to London where she worked as a salaried GP in East London, a GP Partner in West London and a Private GP in Fleet Street. She also worked as a Clinical Specialist in Addiction Psychiatry at the Maudsley and completed leadership training in mental health. During this time, she served as a Clinical Commissioning Group lead for mental health, helping to strengthen collaboration between primary and secondary care services.

A former Team GB age-group triathlete, Claire’s interest in the relationship between physical and mental wellbeing led her to complete an MSc in Sports Medicine at the University of Bath, where she researched exercise addiction. She has further developed her expertise by qualifying as a personal trainer and sports nutritionist.

Family life took her to a partnership in Bristol and then to Cambridge in 2018. She has worked as a GP trainer and educator and appraiser.

Claire has worked as a GP trainer, educator and appraiser and is currently the Lifestyle Medicine Lead for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust. She also co-manages the weight management service and delivers the lifestyle medicine programme through Gillvray Health.

Alongside her work at Cambridge Private Doctors, Claire is proud to be part of the medical team supporting Cambridge University Boat Club.