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NHS Quality Improvement Service
15/11/2006
Health Minister Andy Kerr today announced the re-appointment of Mrs Cheynee Whipps, Professor John Davies and Ms Maureen O'Neill as Members to the Board of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
Mrs Cheynee Whipps is Head of Quality at Evotec (Scotland) Ltd in Glasgow where she is responsible for ensuring the quality of medicines used for clinical trials. Previously she has been a Director and Board member of two small specialized pharmaceutical companies. She has over 20 years experience in start-up and evolving healthcare companies in the UK and USA with a key focus on factors affecting patient safety. Mrs Whipps does not hold any other Ministerial appointments.
Professor John Davies is Director of the Centre for Applied Social Psychology at the University of Strathclyde. He is a non-executive member of the board of the Glasgow Council on Alcohol, and editor in chief of the journal Addiction Research and Theory. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. On take-up of re-appointment to the Board of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Professor Davies will hold no other Ministerial appointments.
Maureen O'Neill was until recently the Director of the RBS Centre for the Older Person's Agenda at Queen Margaret University and was previously the Director of Age Concern Scotland for 11 years. She has considerable experience around ageing issues and older people, and also brings diverse experience of working with young unemployed, alcohol related problems and transport for people with disabilities and mental health. In 2006 she was reappointed as a member of the EU Economic and Social Committee in which she is currently extending her role. She does not hold any other Ministerial appointments.
Mrs Whipps' re-appointment will be for a period of four years from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010. Professor Davies' re-appointment will be for a period of three years from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009. Ms O'Neill's re-appointment will be for a period of two years from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008.
It is expected that as a Member they will contribute around eight hours per week for which the annual remuneration is £7,490.
The aim of NHS QIS is to strengthen public confidence in the health service and to support the delivery of higher standards of care, with improved outcomes and experiences for patients and carers, and better value for money.
These Ministerial appointments were made in accordance with Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees' political activity (if there is any to be declared) to be made public. Within the last five years, none of the above appointees have been involved in any political activity.