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Grampian NHS chair
02/09/2003
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm today announced the
re-appointment of Mr James Royan as Chair of the Grampian
NHS Board. His new term of appointment is for four
years, from
September 1August 31, 2007.
Mr Chisholm said:
"I am pleased to announce the re-appointment of Jim
Royan as Chair of Grampian NHS Board. Since his
appointment as Chair in 2001 he has made a valuable
contribution to the NHS in
Scotland."
NHS Boards are responsible for the strategic
planning of health services and the development of
measures to improve the health of the community in
their region.
Grampian NHS Board is responsible for the
strategic planning of health services and the
development of measures to improve the health of the
community in the Grampian region. To meet those needs
it has an annual budget of over £483 million.
Mr Royan is a Master Butcher fromElginwho has been involved in the meat industry for over
40 years. He has involved himself in many local
organisations over the last 27 years, such as the Elgin
Rotary Club and the Laich of Moray Trust.
He is also Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Moray and,
since January 2001, a Governor of Robert Gordon
University,Aberdeen.
It is expected that as Chair, Mr Royan will
contribute around three days per week, for which the
annual remuneration is £28,000.
In his capacity as Chair of Grampian NHS Board, Mr
Royan was appointed as a Member of the Scottish Ambulance
Service Board, for which he receives remuneration of
£7,000. He has also been re-appointed to this
position for a period of two years.
Mr Royan has not been involved in any
political activity within the last five years.
This Ministerial re-appointment was made in
accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public
Appointments' Code of Practice, which states that
appointments to NHS Boards are normally restricted to two
terms, and must not exceed a total of ten years in
duration. In addition consideration of
re-appointment can only be given where the individual's
performance has been assessed as satisfactory.
The establishment of 15 new NHS Boards was
announced in
'Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for
change' (Scottish Executive Health Department,
December 2000). Further details were given in the
policy document
'Rebuilding our National Health Service' (May
2001). NHS Boards have been designed to simplify and
rationalise existing NHS decision-making structures and
create greater accountability and transparency, while
providing strategic leadership and direction in each
local health system.