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NHS Education for Scotland
23/04/2002
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm today announced the
board membership of the new Special Health Board: NHS
Education for Scotland, which will play a pivotal role in
developing a culture of education, training and lifelong
learning for all healthcare staff.
Those appointed are:
Dr Lindsay Burley,
Professor John Fairley,
Mr Tesfu Gessesse,
Professor Valerie Maehle,
Professor John Rae and
Dr Sue Whyte.
They join Mrs Ann Markham OBE, whose appointment as
Chair of the new Board was announced on 11 January 2002,
and Dr Graham Buckley who was recently appointed by Mrs
Markham as Chief Executive of the Board.
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm said:
"I am delighted to announce these important new
appointments. Each new member brings a diverse range of
skills and experience which will be of immense benefit to
NHS Education for Scotland in its work in helping to
develop a highly motivated workforce with the skills,
knowledge and attitudes to respond flexibly to changing
service needs."
These Ministerial public appointments were made in
accordance with guidance issued by the Office of the
Commissioner of Public Appointments.
Biographical details of those appointed, together with
their period of appointment and remuneration, are set out
below.
Six non-executive members have been appointed to the
board of NHS Education for Scotland from 1 April 2002 to 31
March 2006.
Dr Lindsay Burley is Chief Executive of Borders NHS
Board. She was previously Director of Planning and
Development of Lothian Health Board, and has also had
nearly twenty years' experience as a clinician. Dr Burley
has not been involved in any political activity within the
last five years.
Professor John Fairley is Professor of Public Policy and
Local Economic Development at the University of
Strathclyde. Previously he was Professor of Public Policy
at the Robert Gordon University. He has a long standing
interest in lifelong learning. Professor Fairley has not
been involved in any political activity within the last
five years.
Mr Tesfu Gessesse is manager of the Black Community
Development Project, based at Craigroyston Community High
School. He was previously the Chair of Africa Centre
Scotland, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Mr Gessesse
has not been involved in any political activity within the
last five years.
Professor Valerie Maehle is Associate Dean of the
Faculty of Health and Social Care and Head of the School of
Health Sciences at the Robert Gordon University, is a
Trustee of Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust and a
member of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council.
She has also acted as Head of Nursing at the University,
and was previously employed as a Director in the Department
of Physiotherapy at the Robert Gordon Institute of
Technology. Professor Maehle has not been involved in any
political activity within the last five years.
Professor John Rae is Head of the School of Nursing,
Midwifery and Health at the University of Paisley. Prior to
this, he was Principal of the Argyll and Clyde College of
Nursing and Midwifery. Professor Rae has not been involved
in any political activity within the last five years.
Dr Sue Whyte is a Consultant Psychiatrist with Greater
Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust. She is also Chair of the
Scottish Academy of Royal Colleges and Faculties and of the
Scottish Joint Consultants Committee. Dr Whyte has not been
involved in any political activity within the last five
years.
Remuneration of £7,000 per annum is payable to
non-executive members of NHS Education for Scotland.
NHS Education for Scotland was established on 1 April
2002 as a new Special Health Board. This organisation will
play a pivotal role in the continued development of a
highly motivated workforce with the skills, knowledge and
attitudes to respond flexibly to changing service
needs.
The establishment of NHS Education for Scotland reflects
the Scottish Executive's commitment to develop a culture of
education, training and lifelong learning for all
healthcare staff, first set out in
Learning Together in December 1999 and re-affirmed
in
Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for
change in December 2000.