Mr Phillips was a surgeon who operated on Peter Barlow and Sophie Webster. He was specially called in to operate on Peter Barlow when The Joinery bar was rocked by an explosion trapping him inside. Nick Tilsley and Ashley Peacock managed to get him out but Ashley died in the attempt. Peter was taken to Weatherfield General where a Doctor told his family that he had internal bleeding in the membrane around his heart and that a specialist had been called for to undertake a risky and complex operation. Peter went into cardiac arrest but Mr Phillips had arrived by this point and managed to revive him for the operation. He warned the Barlows that although they were doing everything they could, the prognosis wasn’t good. Several hours later, Peter had survived the surgery but still faced some cr