Terence Stephenson

Terence Stephenson DM FRCP FRCPCH is a consultant paediatric doctor in the UK and chair of the General Medical Council (GMC).

He was formerly Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Child Health at the University of Nottingham from 2003-2009.[1] and the Nuffield Professor of Child Health.[2]

He was President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from April 2009 until May 2012. He then took up the role of chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in July 2012.[3]

He became a member of the GMC council in 2009.[3] In September 2014 it was announced that he would become the chair of the GMC, succeeding Peter Rubin on 1 January 2015.[4][5]

In October 2014 it was announced that he had been appointed as a panel member for the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.[6]

He has co-authored textbooks, written invited chapters and editorials, and published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals.[1] He has been described as leading by example.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Terence Stephenson". faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Terence Stephenson: new Nuffield Professor of Child Health" (Press release). University College London. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Campbell, Denis (24 July 2012). "The doctors' leader who says it's time to make tough decisions on the NHS". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Nash, Sally (9 September 2014). "Royal college chief appointed as new chair of GMC". Pulse magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Professor Terence Stephenson to take up new role as Chair of the General Medical Council" (Press release). Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Written statement to Parliament: Child sexual abuse (Woolf Inquiry)". UK Government. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Terence Stephenson: Leading by example". BMJ 348 (7959): 864. 28 May 2014. doi:10.1136/bmj.g3465.