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For the English clergyman, politician, and philologist, see John Horne Tooke.

Sir John Edward Tooke,

Academy of Medical Sciences
from 2011 to 2015.

Career

Tooke graduated in Medicine from

Peninsula Dental School
, of which he was the inaugural Executive Dean until 2009.

In June 2009 it was announced that Tooke would be taking up the position of Vice Provost (Health), Head of the School of Life & Medical Sciences and Head of the Medical School at University College London.[3]

Tooke was elected President of the

Sir Robert Lechler.[5]

MMC Report

Tooke led the inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers (MMC), the new and current post-graduate training structure for medical doctors in the UK. MMC has become extremely unpopular amongst the majority of medical professionals in the UK, and as a result the Government set up an independent inquiry into the situation. Tooke's report strongly criticises the UK Government's handling of the MMC implementation. The "Tooke report" suggests scrapping MMC and starting with a new system which is based on extensive consultation with medical professional bodies and practitioners. Tooke's report has been uniformly welcomed by the medical establishment, the majority of whom are keen to bury MMC.

Despite the widespread acknowledgement that the Tooke report addresses several flaws in the government's reforms of medical training, the

UK Department of Health's response to the Tooke report suggests that the department does not want to see it fully implemented. The Department's response accepts only a quarter of the Tooke review's recommendations, and attempts to resist the remainder in varying degrees.[6]
This response is regarded as inadequate by many in the UK medical professions.

Honours

Tooke was knighted in the 2007 New Year Honours for Services to Medicine.

References

  1. ^ Check Company. "JOHN EDWARD TOOKE - LONDON ENGLAND". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ^ Endole.co.uk. "Professor Sir John Edward Tooke Director Profile". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ "New leadership team for the UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences" (Press release). University College, London. 30 June 2009.
  4. Academy of Medical Sciences
    . Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Prof Sir John Tooke and Prof Sir Robert Lechler, outgoing President and President-elect of the Academy of Medical Sciences". Science Media Centre. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ Department of Health response

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Preceded by
President of the Academy of Medical Sciences

2011 to 2015 		Succeeded by
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