BMJ  2004;328:127 (17 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7432.127-c

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Health tsars

Professor Sir George Alberti

Katherine Burke

Health tsars: spin or substance?: Eight health directors ("tsars") were appointed from 1999 to 2002. Katherine Burke asked them to summarise their achievements and other people to assess their work. A ninth "tsar", Dr Sue Roberts, was appointed in March 2003 to cover diabetes. The full text is accessible at www.bmj.com

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 Professor Sir George Alberti

National clinical director for emergency access

Appointed: September 2002

 
My achievements: I perceive my role as acting as a link with the medical profession in acute trusts and primary care; bringing messages back from "the field" into our branch in the health department; acting as a clinical "reality check" in the department; and working with clinicians in the department on clinical issues.

In addition I look at long term needs of emergency care, advise trusts and health authorities when asked to do so, help ambulance trusts develop new ways of working, and promulgate new aspects of emergency care nationwide.

I feel that I and my colleagues have raised the profile of emergency care and improved the timeliness and quality of emergency care.

Peter Bradley, president of the Ambulance Service Association: Professor Alberti has been a huge breath of fresh air. He's made it his business . . . [Full text of this article]


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