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Medical reformers knighted
Professor Ian Kennedy chaired the Bristol babies inquiry
Two men with pivotal roles in medicine's bid to rehabilitate itself in the wake of a series of damaging scandals have been knighted in the New Year Honours.
Professor Ian Kennedy is the man who chaired the high profile inquiry into the deaths of babies undergoing heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary.
It made a raft of recommendations for reform. Ministers are expected to give their detailed response early in the New Year. Also knighted is Professor Graeme Catto, the man who will play the lead role in attempting the restore medicine's battered image. Turbulent times Professor Catto was elected as president of the doctor's regulatory body, the General Medical Council in November. The Scottish academic faces a tough task in raising public confidence following not only the Bristol tragedy, but a series other damaging scandals.
Professor Catto's predecessor Sir Donald Irvine stood down six months early after a turbulent period in charge. The GMC has been widely accused of not doing enough to protect the public from bad doctors. Proposals to speed up the way complaints from the public are dealt with and to increase the influence of lay members of the council have recently been approved. The importance which the government places on reforming medicine is further emphasised by the award of a knighthood to Michael Buckley, the NHS Ombudsman. Medical chief
Professor Donaldson has a central role in promoting public health policy in England. One of the key issues with which he has had to deal is the continuing public concern over the safety of the combined vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. Professor Donaldson has repeatedly stressed that the vaccine is safe, and warned that if parents do not get their children immunised they increase the risk of an epidemic of measles in the UK. Also knighted are Brandon Gough, the businessman who previously chaired the body which decided on what doctors and dentists should be paid, and Professor Gabriel Horn, an expert in neurobiology from Cambridge. CBEs Leading figures in the world of medicine to be awarded a CBE include:
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