Topic: Liam Donaldson
Quotes
Good hand hygiene should be a natural reflex for healthcare professionals, yet it no longer has the status it once had
Hospital patients should ask staff to wash Jul 18, 2007
It is rare for the government to ignore the advice of its chief medical officer or fail to act on it -- in the seven years I have been in post, this is the first situation I have encountered in which it has happened
U.K. official slams lack of smoke ban Nov 25, 2005
Many doctors think, 'Flu is flu, we see it every winter'
British health chief says flu no joke Nov 13, 2005
If we have to do one big thing, that has to be to eradicate tobacco like we eradicated polio
Official: U.K. smoking ban inevitable Jun 19, 2005
Sir Liam Joseph Donaldson (b. 3 May 1949, Middlesbrough, England, UK) is currently the Chief Medical Officer for England. As such he is principal advisor to the United Kingdom Government on health matters and one of the most senior officials in the National Health Service (NHS).
In the 2002 New Year Honours List, Liam Donaldson received a knighthood in recognition of his achievements in health and health care.
Donaldson was appointed as Chief Medical Officer in 1998. Between 1994 and 1998 he was Regional Director for the NHS Region of Northern and Yorkshire, and prior to that Regional Medical Officer and Regional Director of Public Health for the Northern Regional Health Authority. He began his career as a surgeon before training in public health.
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