29.05.13
New academic vice-president and council members for RCP
Dr Anita Donley, a consultant physician in acute medicine at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, has been elected as the Royal College of Physicians’ new clinical vice-president.
She will be responsible for the organisation’s clinical quality work, and will also lead its Clinical Standards Department. This involves work on guidelines, national audit, service accreditation quality improvement, patient safety and revalidation.
She will represent the RCP “at the highest levels” in issues relating to clinical standards and the national quality agenda, the college said.
Dr Donley, who takes over from Dr Linda Patterson, is also medical director of the Department of Health’s Revalidation Support Team.
She said: “I look forward to working with members, fellows, officers, staff and other groups to continue setting higher standards. In particular, I am keen to support clinicians in developing appropriate clinical standards resources and data which can help us lead service improvement at ward and board level.”
RCP members and fellows have also elected four new members of Council. Dr Rowan Hillson, Dr David Quin, Professor Margaret Johnson and Dr David Nicholl will join RCP Council from August 2013.
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