Helen Stokes-Lampard

Helen Stokes-Lampard
Education St George's Hospital Medical School
University of Birmingham
Years active 1996–present
Known for Chair of the RCGP
Medical career
Profession Doctor
Field General Practitioner
Research Women's health

Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard FRCGP is a British medical academic and a general practitioner. She is Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). She has an interest in women's health.

Early career

The daughter of a headmaster, she grew up in Swansea, South Wales.[1] She qualified in Medicine from St George's Hospital Medical School, London in 1996.[2] She began working at the University of Birmingham's Department of Primary Care in 2000, while she was a GP registrar.[2] She gained a PhD in 2009.[2][3]

She has clinical duties one day a week at the Cloisters Medical Practice in Lichfield, Staffordshire, where she is a GP principal.[4][5][6] In 2008 she set up a private service, offering human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines.[7]

In 2012 she became the RCGP's first female honorary treasurer.[1] During her first eighteen months as treasurer the RCGP had a dispute with a construction firm and successfully defended a legal challenge about examinations run by the college brought by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO).[8] She had also spoken in favour of acupuncture, after published evidence led to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommending it as an option for the treatment of low back pain.[9] She is a Governor at the Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, with a term of office that runs until October 2017.[10]

In 2016, she was one of four candidates that stood to succeed Maureen Baker as the Chair of the RCGP Council.[11] In July, the college announced that Stokes-Lampard had been elected as the next RCGP chair, and would begin this appointment in November 2016.[12] She became Chair of the Royal College of GPs on 19 November 2016.

In September 2016, she was named at the top of a list of powerful GPs compiled by Pulse magazine.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Cooper, Charlie (4 October 2012). "Interview: The new face of RCGP finance". GP magazine. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Clinical Sciences: Helen Stokes-Lampard". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Stokes-Lampard, Helen Jayne (2009). Variation in NHS utilisation of vault cytology tests in women post-hysterectomy (Ph.D.). University of Birmingham. OCLC 911160284. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Staff". www.thecloistersmedicalpractice.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Michael Fabricant gets a lesson in front-line medicine at Lichfield doctor's surgery". Lichfield Mercury. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "International blog : Five minutes with... Helen Stokes-Lampard". www.sgul.ac.uk. St George's, University of London. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tamworth women can get cancer vaccine - for a price". Tamworth Herald. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Durham, Neil (1 August 2014). "Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard: Securing the RCGP's financial future". GP Magazine. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Roach, Simon (29 July 2013). "Acupuncture: a GP's view". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Meet our governors". www.bwnft.nhs.uk. Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Bostock, Nick (28 June 2016). "RCGP to unveil new chair-elect this week after council hustings". GP magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Matthews-King, Alex (1 July 2016). "Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard elected next RCGP chair". Pulse. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "New RCGP chair tops list of most influential GPs in the UK". Pulse. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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