Michael Harmer

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Michael Harmer CBE is the former deputy chief medical officer for Wales, former chair of the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, and incumbent chair of the National Clinical Forum for NHS Wales. [1] [2] [3]

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Education

Harmer was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London. [4]

Career

Harmer became an anaesthetist at the University Hospital of Wales in 1982. [5] He became head of the department of anaesthetics at the University of Wales College of Medicine [6]

In 2005, Harmer listed his other appointments as a regional assessor into the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, and vice-chairman, pain subcommittee, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiology. [7]

Harmer became in 2007 one of two deputy chief medical officers in the Welsh Department of Health, in post until 2008, then transferring to become medical firector of NHS Wales, resigning shortly afterward. [8] [9]

Harmer was appointed a CBE in 2013 for "services to healthcare". [10]

Government scandal

Harmer was accused by the Conservative Party in Wales of "behaving inappropriately" in 2012, following a leak of a heavily modified report at the centre of a National Health Service reconfiguration scandal in Wales, that attracted BBC News coverage. [11] Harmer was called to give evidence to the National Assembly for Wales' Health Committee, to which he admitted he had modified an independent report meant to be from clinical experts including doctors, paramedics, children's health professionals, dentists and therapists. [12]

The changes influenced part of substantial changes to NHS services to local communities, leading to street protests. [13] [14]

Harmer rewrote substantial parts of the report, then re-submitted to the NHS, following emails exchanged with an NHS Chief Executive, Mary Burrows, Harmer deciding to use a private email account. [15] The emails were never made public.

Personal life

In 2002, Harmer listed his personal interests as home and ground maintenance. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "NATIONAL CLINICAL ADVISORY FORUM - NOTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 22ND NOVEMBER AT 5PM IN THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD, WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL, CARDIFF" (PDF). wales.nhs.uk.
  2. ↑ "Betsi Cadwaladr report: Health expert says report changed over misunderstanding". BBC News. 11 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Critical NHS report by National Clinical Forum rewritten". BBC News. 13 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Home - Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee".
  5. ↑ "Home - Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee".
  6. ↑ "Prof Harmer". Archived from the original on 2002-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Cardiff University - Prof Harmer". Archived from the original on 2005-03-13.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Queen's birthday honours list 2013: GCB, DBE and CBE". TheGuardian.com . 14 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Betsi Cadwaladr report: Health expert says report changed over misunderstanding". BBC News. 11 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Start of Turn".
  13. ↑ "Betsi Cadwaladr NHS change: Opponents' Llandudno march". BBC News. 23 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "Betsi Cadwaladr NHS shake-up prompts Wrexham protest". BBC News. 8 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "Betsi Cadwaladr report: Health expert says report changed over misunderstanding". BBC News. 11 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Prof Harmer". Archived from the original on 2002-12-31.
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