David Behan

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Sir David Behan
CBE
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Interim Chair of the Office for Students
Assumed office
26 July 2024

Sir David was born and brought up in Blackburn in Lancashire and graduated from Bradford University in 1978. [4] Behan began his career as a social worker, [5] progressing as a manager in Wakefield, Avon [6] and Cleveland. He was appointed to Director of Social Services posts in Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Greenwich. He was the President of the Association of Directors of Social Services between 2002 and 2003. [7]

Behan was the first Chief Inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection [8] in 2003. In 2006, he was appointed to the Department of Health [9] as the Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships working on personalised care, carers learning and disability policy, mental health policy, the reform of social care funding and legislation. He was also a member of the NHS Management Board. In 2012, he was appointed to the role of Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission [10] where he has led a team to conduct a fundamental review of the quality and safety regulation of health and care in England.

He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the seventh-most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013, [11] and in 2015 the fifth. [12]

In January 2014, he supported a wide definition for the statutory duty of candour which was recommended by the Francis Report. [13]

The Government originally intended the duty to be limited to cases of "severe harm" – when a patient had been killed or left permanently disabled, as a wider reporting requirement could inundate organisations with unnecessary bureaucracy. The CQC estimates there are about 11,000 incidents of severe harm per year, and up to 100,000 incidents of serious harm, although there may be significant under reporting of both. The charity Action Against Medical Accidents has been campaigning for a wide definition, [14] which Behan supports.

In 2003, Behan was awarded a CBE for services to social care and in 2004, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by Greenwich University. He was presented with a City and Guilds fellowship in October 2016 and awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Health by the University of Bradford in 2017. In November 2018, he was appointed as a non-executive director for HC-One, the largest care home operator in Britain. [15] That same month, it was announced that Behan would be the chair of Health Education England from 1 December 2018. [16] Behan joined the HC-One board as a non-executive director in November 2018 and became Chairman in November 2019, following the retirement of Dr Chai Patel CBE from the position. [17]

In July 2024, Behan was appointed as Interim Chair for the Office for Students. [18]

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Behan wants to see more investment in social care in England. He maintains 1.2 million older people who need help with basic care for washing, dressing, eating are not getting it. Behan stated, "What’s disappointing, I have to say, is we’ve not seen a similar investment [to the NHS] in social care. The creation of the NHS by Attlee and [Aneurin] Bevan in 1948 took remarkable political courage and I think there will need to be remarkable political courage to [put] adult social care [on a stable footing]. What we now need is a long-term funding settlement for social care which sits alongside the long-term funding settlement for the NHS." Behan also wants to see increased funding for mental health services. [19]

In November 2018, Behan said that he advocated the creation of a compulsory insurance scheme with payments taken out of salaries, and for equity to be taken out of pensioners' homes in order to pay for care. He considered that the UK government had not been brave enough to make the decision to reform the system in contrast to Germany and Japan, which implemented similar reforms. [15]

In March 2020, Behan posited that physiotherapists, social prescribers, and clinical pharmacists can work in general practice on tasks previously undertaken by general practitioners. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Transcript of Radio Ombudsman podcast #4: Sir David Behan on the transformation of the Care Quality Commission | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)". Radio Ombudsman podcast. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "NHS England » Health Education England and NHS England complete merger". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "NHS England » Board members". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "People". www.sciananetwork.org. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Transcript of Radio Ombudsman podcast #4: Sir David Behan on the transformation of the Care Quality Commission | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)".
  6. ↑ https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2006/08/03/behan-takes-fight-for-equality-to-whitehall/
  7. ↑ Brindle, David (9 April 2014). "David Behan: A reluctant rescuer of the crisis-hit care regulator". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Transcript of Radio Ombudsman podcast #4: Sir David Behan on the transformation of the Care Quality Commission | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)".
  9. ↑ https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2006/08/03/behan-takes-fight-for-equality-to-whitehall/
  10. ↑ "Transcript of Radio Ombudsman podcast #4: Sir David Behan on the transformation of the Care Quality Commission | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)".
  11. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "CQC chief executive backs wider duty of candour". Health Service Journal. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'". Action Against Medical Accidents. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  15. 1 2 Donnelly, Laura (4 November 2018). "Workers 'should be forced to have pay docked to pay for care in old age'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "Behan appointed Health Education England chair". hsj.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  17. ↑ HC-One appoints Sir David Behan as Chair, carehomeprofessional.com. Accessed 24 December 2022.
  18. ↑ https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-26/hcws26
  19. ↑ May needs to show courage of Attlee to fix social care, says CQC chief, The Guardian . Accessed 24 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Interview: Health Education England Chair Sir David Behan". healthcareleadernews.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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