Robots, rabbits and radicals: moving from a targeted to a systematic approach to improving quality in the NHS
by
Professor Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lords), Department of Health, UK
Date: Tuesday 10 March 2009
Time: 6.15 - 7.15pm
Chair: Professor Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Venue: NAB 204, New Academic Building. Followed by reception from 19:15, 8th Floor, New Academic Building (NAB), Houghton Street, London WC1A 2AE
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Lord Darzi is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health. On 4 July, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary announced that Lord Darzi would lead a review of the NHS that would advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering health care over the next decade.
Lord Darzi holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London and is an honorary consultant at St Mary's Hospital and The Royal Marsden.
Lord Darzi and his team are internationally respected for their innovative work in the advancement of minimal invasive surgery and in the development and use of allied technologies including surgical robots and image-guided surgery. They have been awarded many prizes including the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Excellence in Higher and Further Education (2001), in recognition for their achievements in pioneering new technologies to address training requirements for trainee surgeons, surgeons in post and other professionals.
Lord Darzi actively pursues, and relentlessly campaigns for, the need for improved inter-disciplinary research.
Lord Darzi was knighted by the Queen, for his service to medicine and surgery, as a Knight Commander of the most excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in December 2002. Lord Darzi was introduced to the House of Lords on 19 July.
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