John Cash (physician)
John Cash | |
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Born | John David Cash 3 April 1936 |
Died | 8 December 2020 | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Professor, physician |
John David Cash
Career
In 1998 Cash published a Government review into the National Blood Authority following a shortage of blood supplies.[3][4] The review resulted in the sacking of Sir Colin Walker as the then head of the National Blood Authority,[5] shortly after chief executive John Adey was also fired.[6]
Cash gave evidence to the
In May 2017 he appeared in
In 1974 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.[10] In 1992 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.[11]
On the 11 December 2020 the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announced that Cash had died suddenly.[12]
References
- ^ Cash, Prof. John David
- ^ "Blood authority chief fired". BBC News.
- ^ "National Blood Authority (Hansard, 8 April 1998)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 8 April 1998.
- ^ "Lords Hansard text for 8 Apr 1998 (180408-07)". publications.parliament.uk. Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster.
- ^ "NHS sacks blood boss after "Independent" campaign". The Independent. 9 April 1998.
- ^ "Second blood chief fired". BBC News.
- ^ "WITNESS NAME: Professor John Cash" (PDF). PENROSE INQUIRY. 3 March 2011.
- ^ Caroline Wheeler (6 September 2015). "Six-year inquiry "failed to find full awful truth about scandal of tainted blood"". Express.
- ^ "Panorama – Contaminated Blood: The Search for the Truth". BBC.
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ "In Memoriam – Professor John Cash CBE". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 10 December 2020.