Medical Programme Board

The Medical Programme Board oversees and makes recommendations to Ministers for the MMC programme in England. It provides leadership to the professions and the service for the design, testing and implementation of the MMC programme and is accountable for changes made.

The Board is co-chaired by Dr Patricia Hamilton, Director of Medical Education at the Department of Health, and Professor Dinesh Bhugra, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Board members represent broad professional and service interests. They have a good understanding of post-graduate medical education and support the high-level principles of MMC.

Medical Programme Board minutes can be accessed through the Medical Education England (MEE) website by clicking here.

Who sits on the Medical Programme Board?

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

  • Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, President, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • John Black, President, Royal College of Surgeons, England
  • Neil Douglas, Chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  • Richard Thompson, President, Royal College of Physicians, England
  • Dinesh Bhugra, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (Co-Chair)

Academy of Royal Colleges Juniors’ Representative

  • Damien Roland

Academy of Medical Sciences

  • David Neal

The BMA

  • Shree Datta, Chair, BMA Junior Doctors Committee
  • Johann Malawana, BMA Junior Doctors Committee
  • Geraint Rees, BMA Medical Academic Staff Committee
  • Ian Wilson, BMA Central Consultants and Specialists Committee

Deaneries

  • Jacky Hayden, Dean of Postgraduate Medical Studies, North Western Deanery (Chair of Deans)

DH

  • Mary Armitage, MMC Clinical Lead
  • Steve Buggle, MMC Operations Director
  • Clare Chapman, DH Director General of Workforce
  • Patricia Hamilton, DH Director of Medical Education (Co-Chair)

General Medical Council

  • Paul Buckley

Lay Representative

  • Sally Malin

Medical Schools Council

  • David Cottrell

NHS

  • Ashley Fraser, Medical Director, NHS Employers
  • Moira Livingston, Director of Workforce & Deputy Medical Director, North East Strategic Health Authority
  • Sir Neil McKay, Chief Executive, East of England Strategic Health Authority

 

UK Foundation Programme Office

  • Derek Gallen, National Director

Observer

  • David Cox, Deputy Director of Research, Department of Health
  • Stuart Macpherson, Chair, Postgraduate Medical Education & Training Board

In attendance

  • Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, NHS
  • Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director, NHS