Helen Stokes-Lampard

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Dame

Helen Stokes-Lampard

DBE FRCGP
Born
Helen Jayne Stokes

October 1970
Carmarthen, Wales
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUK
Education St George's Hospital Medical School
University of Birmingham
Years active1996–present
Known forChair of the RCGP
Medical career
Profession Physician
Field General Practitioner
Research Women's health

Dame Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard DBE FRCGP , FLSW (born October 1970) is a British medical academic and a medical general practitioner. She is Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) a GP principal and Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP). She was Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from November 2016 to November 2019. She is also a professor of GP Education at Birmingham University and holds a visiting chair at St George's, University of London.

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Early life

Helen Jayne Stokes was born in October 1970 in Carmarthen, Wales [1] the daughter of a headmaster. She grew up in Swansea, South Wales. [2] She qualified in medicine in 1996 from St George's Hospital Medical School, London, where she was president of the Students' Union. [3]

Career

She began working at the University of Birmingham's Department of Primary Care in 2000, while she was a GP registrar. She gained a PhD in 2009. [3] [4] The subject of her PhD was Variation in NHS Utilisation of Vault Cytology Tests in Women post-hysterectomy. She was Head of Primary Care (undergraduate) in the Medical School of the University of Birmingham until becoming RCGP Chair.

She is a GP partner practising in Lichfield, Staffordshire. [5] [6] [7] Prior to training as a GP, she worked in obstetrics and gynaecology for several years, and this experience shaped her clinical and academic aspirations. She was a personal mentor for doctors in difficulty in the Midlands until 2016, a scheme supported by the West Midlands Deanery and RCGP Midland Faculty.

In 2012 she became the RCGP's first female honorary treasurer. [2] She was also a Governor at the Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, until October 2017. [8]

In 2016, she was one of four candidates who stood to succeed Maureen Baker as chair of the RCGP Council. [9] In July, the college announced that Stokes-Lampard had been elected as the next RCGP chair, and would take up appointment in November 2016. [10] She became Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners on 19 November 2016.

In 2016, in her first year as Chair of the RCGP she led policy papers on sexual and reproductive health - Time to Act [11] and the college's first annual assessment of the GP Forward View [12] She has spoken publicly about the adverse impacts of social isolation and loneliness on the health of the population and how it is akin to a long-term chronic condition. [13] Her term of office as Chair of the RCGP Council ended in November 2019. She was succeeded by Professor Martin Marshall.

In October 2019, her appointment was announced as head of the new National Academy for Social Prescribing. [14]

In July 2020, she became chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for a three-year term, succeeding Carrie MacEwen.

Honours

Stokes-Lampard was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2021. [15]

Stokes-Lampard was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to general practice. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Helen Jayne STOKES-LAMPARD - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  2. 1 2 Cooper, Charlie (4 October 2012). "Interview: The new face of RCGP finance". GP magazine . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Clinical Sciences: Helen Stokes-Lampard". University of Birmingham . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Practice information > doctors". westgatepractice.co.uk. The Westgate Practice. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Conservative candidate learns about life on the NHS frontline". Lichfield Mercury . 28 April 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "International blog : Five minutes with... Helen Stokes-Lampard". www.sgul.ac.uk. St George's, University of London. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Meet our governors". www.bwnft.nhs.uk. Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust . Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Bostock, Nick (28 June 2016). "RCGP to unveil new chair-elect this week after council hustings". GP magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Matthews-King, Alex (1 July 2016). "Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard elected next RCGP chair". Pulse . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Sexual and Reproductive Health". www.rcgp.org.uk.
  12. ↑ "General Practice Forward View Annual Assessment Year 2". www.rcgp.org.uk.
  13. ↑ "Helen's annual conference speech". www.rcgp.org.uk. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. ↑ Bower, Emma (23 October 2019). "Outgoing RCGP chair to head up new National Academy for Social Prescribing". GP magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  15. ↑ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Helen Stokes-Lampard". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
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