Recognition for Dame Deirdre Hine and Dr June Crown
Certificates of honorary membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society have been presented to two eminent members of the medical profession,
Dame Deirdre Hine and Dr June Crown.
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Dame Deirdre receives her
certificate from the President
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Presenting Dame Deirdre with her certificate on 3
December, the President, Marshall Davies, said that after working in hospital
and community medical practice she had joined the Civil Service as principal
medical officer in the Welsh Office, later becoming deputy chief medical
officer. In 1988 she was appointed director of the Welsh Breast Screening
Service, becoming known nationally for establishing a breast cancer screening
service of high quality. In 1990, she became the first woman chief medical
officer to a UK Health Department. Since retiring from the Welsh Office
she had maintained her interest in public health and, among other things,
was president of the Royal Society of Medicine and chairman of the Commission
for Health Improvement.
The Forum on Teamworking in Primary Healthcare had
ben formed as a joint initiative between the Society and other health
care bodies. Under Dame Deirdre's chairmanship, an expanded group of organisations
had then been brought together to address the practical aspects of teamworking
in this context. The Society was extremely grateful to her for her contribution
to this forum and the resulting report was an excellent example of teamworking
at its best, the President said.
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The President presents Dr Crown
with her certificate
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Presenting Dr Crown with her certificate on 4 December,
the President said that Dr Crown had started her career in 1962 as house
physician at Middlesex Hospital. Following various posts at that hospital
and in health authorities, from 1991 to 1999 she was director of the South
East Institute of Public Health.
During her career she had undertaken much work on
behalf of the World Health Organization, advising several national governments
on health policy and health service matters. Since 1998 she had chaired
the WHO Healthy Cities Indicators Group.
In Britain she had been very much involved in the
Faculty of Public Health Medicine, holding a number of posts including
the presidency from 1995 to 1998. She had also been involved in many other
national organisations and government bodies. Her work for the Department
of Health had been extensive and her involvement with pharmaceutical matters
went back a long way, including the Duthie report in 1987. In 1997–98
she had chaired the review of the prescribing, supply and administration
of medicines, reports of which were published in 1998 and 1999. With that
unique background and expertise in relation to non-doctor prescribing
issues, the Society had been delighted that she had agreed to chair its
Pharmacist Prescribing Task Group.
Dr Crown remained very much involved in a number
of health related matters and was currently chairman of Age Concern in
England.
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