Deirdre Hine
Dame Deirdre Joan Hine
Biography
Hine was born to David Alban Curran and his wife, Noreen Mary (née Cliffe), and raised in
Her career included, Principal Medical Officer, Welsh Office (1984); Deputy Chief Medical Officer (1985); Director, Breast Cancer Screening Service, Wales (1988); and Chief Medical Officer, Wales (1990). Hine was affiliated with several organisations including Non-executive director of
She retired in 1997 and was appointed to the Audit Commission the following year. Hine was named as chair of the Commission for Health Improvement in August 1999, a position which she held until that body was abolished in 2004.
She was elected President of the Royal Society of Medicine (2000–02).[2]
She later served terms as chair of the BUPA Foundation (2004–11), President of the British Medical Association (2005–06) and President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (2008–13).
In 2001 Hine was appointed as an independent member to the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
She chaired the UK's official review into the 2009 swine flu pandemic.[3]
Awards and honours
Hine was appointed
She received honorary fellowships in:
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
References
- ^ Profile at Debrett's
- ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
- ^ Kennedy, Dominic (5 April 2020). "Lack of coronavirus testing 'difficult to understand', says Dame Deirdre Hine". The Times.
External links
- Breast Cancer Screening Service
- Shaw Prize.org Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Writings[dead link]
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