Medical Advisory Boards

HC Deb 22 May 1975 vol 892 cc576-8W

Dr. M. S. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has accepted the Jarrett Committee's recommendation that a single medical advisory board should replace the separate advisory boards to each of the defence medical services.

Mr. William Rodgers

Yes. The Armed Forces Medical Advisory Board has been established to advise my right hon. Friend on matters of professional standards, practice and policy in connection with the medical services of the Armed Forces in the light of important medical developments. The board will also advise on any specific problems which may be referred to them.

The chairman of the new advisory board will be Sir John Richardson, MVO, MA, MD, FRCP and the following will be members:

Sir Cyril Clarke, KBE, MD, DSc, PRCP, FRS.

Sir Kenneth Robson, CBE, MA, MD, FRCP.

Dr. R. M. Mason, MA, DM, FRCP, FRCP(Ed).

Professor J. W. Crofton, MD, PRCP(Ed), FRCP.

Sir Rodney Smith, KBE, MS, PRCS.

Mr. R. Myles Gibson, ERD, MSc, MD, FRCS, FRCS(Ed).

Mr. Selwyn F. Taylor, MA, MD, MCh, FRCS.

Mr. J. A. Ross, MBE, MD, MCh, PRCS(Ed), FRCS Glas.

Dr. G. B. Shaw, BSc, FRCP, FRCP(Glas), FRCP(Ed), FRCPS(Glas).

Mr. T. L. T. Lewis, MD, FRCS, FRCOG.

Professor P. S. Byrne, OBE, PRCGP.

Mr. J. H. Hovell, TD, MRCS, LRCP, FDS. RCS.

Miss I. C. S. Brown, SRN, RSCN, RNT.

Dr. W. G. Harding, MRCS, FRCP, FPCM, DPH.

		Less than 4 weeks	1–11 months	1 year and over	Total number of cases
Type of operation	Salford	Remainder of Region	Salford	Remainder of Region	Salford	Remainder of Region	Salford	Remainder of Region
General surgery	…	340	4,914	330	6,078	15	364	685	11,356
Ear, nose and throat	61	1,364	351	3,616	77	578	489	5,558
Traumatic and orthopaedic	…	38	1,077	62	2,038	4	367	104	3,482
Gynaecology	…	101	3,134	191	3,859	6	330	298	7,323
Other surgery	…	41	2,626	80	3,139	5	324	126	6,089

Professor R. S. F. Schilling, MD, DSc, FRCP, DPH, DIH.

Dr. A. D. Leigh, BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPsyc.

Suregon-Vice Admiral Sir James Watt, KBE, QHS, MD, MS, FRCS, FRCP.

Lieutenant General Sir James Baird, KBE, QHP, MD, FRCP, FRCP(Ed).

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Dhenin, KBE, AFC, GM, QHP, MA, MD, ChB, DPH, MFCM, FRAeS.

The new board will replace the three Services medical advisory boards and will also take over the responsibilities of the Armed Forces Advisory Committee on Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education which was set up in 1971 under the chairmanship of Mr. Harold Edwards, CBE, MS, FRCS. I should like to take the opportunity to thank all those who served on these bodies for their valuable work on behalf of the defence medical services.