
Healthcare UK appoints medical director
pharmafile | November 20, 2013 | Appointment | Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | NHS, healthcare uk
Professor Rory Shaw has been hired as the medical director of Healthcare UK to lead the newly-established NHS International Development Team.
Shaw will report to Healthcare UK’s managing director Howard Lyons as the body aims to increase the bond between the NHS and foreign governments and healthcare providers, in order for the NHS to capitalise on overseas opportunities.
Shaw has been a medical director in the NHS for over 15 years, latterly at North West London Hospitals Trust, and previously at Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust and Hammersmith Hospitals Trust.
He has also held national roles as non-executive of the NHS Litigation Authority and previously as the first chairman of the National Patient Safety Agency. He is a consultant respiratory physician.
Trade minister Lord Green said: “UK healthcare has a deservedly strong reputation worldwide. The appointment of Professor Shaw will help to bring our expertise to high-value markets abroad – safeguarding jobs at home and widening access to vital health services worldwide.”
Lyons added: “We are delighted that someone of Professor Shaw’s experience and capability has agreed to join us as medical director leading the newly-established NHS International Development team and developing the capacity of NHS organisations to engage in international activities.”
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