Fiona Caldicott
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Born | Fiona Soesan 12 January 1941 |
Died | 15 February 2021 Warwick, England, UK | (aged 80)
Education | City of London School for Girls |
Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, lecturer, academic, and administrator |
Known for | Caldicott Report |
Spouse | Robert Gordon Woodruff Caldicott |
Children | 2 |
Dame Fiona Caldicott,
Early life and education
Caldicott was born on 12 January 1941 in Troon, daughter of barrister Joseph Maurice Soesan and civil servant Elizabeth Jane (née Ransley). Her paternal grandparents were greengrocers who were unenthusiastic about education; her father left school in his mid-teens, but subsequently completed a chemistry degree at night school and a law degree by correspondence.[2] Caldicott was educated at City of London School for Girls, then studied medicine and physiology at St Hilda's College, Oxford, qualifying BM BCh in 1966.[3][4][5]
Career
Fiona Caldicott was Principal of
She was the first woman to be President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1993–96) and its first woman Dean (1990–93). From 2011 to 2013 she was Chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care. Caldicott was Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges from 1995 to 1996.[8]
Caldicott was a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners,[9] as well as being appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science in 1998.[10]
Caldicott Committee
A review was commissioned by the
The committee was to consider each flow of patient-identifiable information and was to advise the NHS Executive whether patient identification was justified by the purpose and whether action to minimise risks of breach of confidentiality was desirable—for example, reduction, elimination, or separate storage of items of information. The report was published in December 1997.[12]
Every NHS trust has a "Caldicott Guardian" to ensure that standards of patient confidentiality and the Caldicott principles are upheld.[citation needed]
National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care
Caldicott became the UK's first National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in November 2014.[13] In December 2018 the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018 passed into law, and in April 2019 she was appointed the first statutory position holder[14] by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a position she held until her death in February 2021.
Awards and honours
- Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford[15]
- Honorary Fellow, St Hilda's College, Oxford, 1996[16]
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, November 2018[19][20][21]
Personal life
In 1965, she married Robert Gordon Woodruff Caldicott, who ran his family's wine merchant business;[22] they had two children.[23]
Caldicott died on 15 February 2021 in Warwick,[24] aged 80.[25][26]
References
- ^ "Fellows & staff: Governing Body: Dame Fiona Caldicott". Somerville College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Women's Voices in Psychiatry: A Collection of Essays, ed. Gianetta Rands, Oxford University Press, 2018, 3. The Entry of Women into Psychiatry
- ^ "Debrett's People of Today: Fiona Caldicott". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "List of Registered Medical Practitioners (The online Register)". General Medical Council. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott tribute". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Oxford hospitals boss steps down after a decade". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott tribute". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott". Somerville College Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- PMID 12783968.
- ^ Caldicott Report Archived 30 September 2003 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Data Guardian appointed to safeguard patients' healthcare information".
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott appointed as the first statutory National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott". Somerville College Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott DBE (1941-2021) - Physiology, 1960 and Honorary Fellow". St Hilda's College Oxford. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Profile". Somerville College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1996. p. 8.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott wins Lifetime Achievement Award - Oxford University Hospitals". ouh.nhs.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "RCPsych awards 2018". RC PSYCH ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott receives Lifetime Achievement Award — Somerville College Oxford". some.ox.ac.uk. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Women's Voices in Psychiatry: A Collection of Essays, ed. Gianetta Rands, Oxford University Press, 2018, 3. The Entry of Women into Psychiatry
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Geoff Watts, 'Dame Fiona Caldicott', The Lancet, Volume 397, issue 10279, p.1056, March 20, 2021, [1]
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott tribute". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Dame Fiona Caldicott". Somerville College Oxford. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.