National Roles
In 1998 she was elected as a founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. She was a Member of the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners from 1994-2004. From 1996-2001 she was the RGCP's Chairman of Research and was also a member of the RGCP Council's Executive Committee. From 1995-96 she was the Clinical Director of the Quality Network; from 1995-97 she was a member of the Commissioning of Care Task Force and from 1998-2000 she was a member of the Health Inequalities Group. She is an elected member of the Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences. She has also served as a Governor of the Health Foundation and a member of the General Medical Council's Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education visiting team.
She was Governor of the Health Foundation from 1999-2007. From 1999-2004 she chaired the commissioning panel for the NHS National Primary Care R&D awards. She has also been involved in the development of the Department of Health Strategy on Research Governance. She was a member of the Appraisal Committee of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence from 1998-2001 and a member of the National Screening Committee from 1999-2003.
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