He is also Chair of the: ‘Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group’ (a sub-group of the Scottish Medicines Consortium); the ‘European Study Group on Antibiotic Policies’ and the ‘British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Group (OPAT).’ In addition, Professor Nathwani is also Director of Medical Education for NHS Tayside and National Specialty Adviser for Infectious Diseases to the Scottish Government Health Department.