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Dr Michael Dixon M.A., F.R.C.G.P., O.B.E. Michael Dixon has been a GP in Cullompton, Devon for the
past seventeen years. In 1993, he co-founded the Mid Devon Commissioning Group
and is now commissioning chair for the Mid Devon PCT. Since May 1998, he has
been chair of NHS Alliance, which is the national representative organisation of
PCTs and the individual health professionals, managers and lay people within
them. His national roles currently include membership of:- The National Quality Task Force, The Primary Care Workforce Review, The Cabinet Committee on Bureaucracy in General Practice, The National Demand Management “Think Tank” of the Modernisation Agency and The National Medicines Management Advisory Group. His publications include:- The Locality Commissioning Handbook (Radcliffe Press1997), The Human Effect (Radcliffe Press 2000) and A Practical Guide to Primary Care Groups and Trusts (Radcliffe Press 2000) and he was a co-author of NHS Alliance’s documents Restoring the Vision (1997) and Implementing the Vision (2000). As a Fellow of Exeter University, he had written a number of research papers on complementary medicine and the therapeutic relationship. Awarded an O.B.E. in June 2001, he remains a dissident committed to championing frontline professionals, managers and people in their quest to improve local health and services.
When time allows, he is to be found digging in the garden or fishing on the
river. He has three children and his wife, Joanna, is a professional artist. |
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