Deirdre Hine

Dame Deirdre Joan Hine DBE FFPH FRCP FLSW (née Curran; born 16 September 1937) is a Welsh medical doctor. In 1984 she began her career as a public health physician in Wales. She was named Chair of the Commission for Health Improvement. Since January 2004 she has chaired the BUPA Foundation.

Background

Hine was born to David Alban Curran and his wife, Noreen Mary (née Cliffe), and raised in Cardiff. She attended Heathfield House (Cardiff) and Charlton Park (Cheltenham) schools before earning her MBBCh degree at the Welsh National School of Medicine (now Cardiff University School of Medicine) in 1961. In 1963 she married Raymond Hine; the couple has two sons. She was a medical practitioner at Cardiff's Royal Infirmary. She trained in public health medicine, becoming a specialist in community medicine in 1974.

Career

• Principal Medical Officer, Welsh Office (1984)
• Deputy Chief Medical Officer (1985)
• Director, Breast Cancer Screening Service, Wales (1988)
• Chief Medical Officer, Wales (1990)

Retirement

She retired in 1997 and was appointed to the Audit Commission the following year. Hine was named as Chair of the Commission for Health Improvement (August 1999) and elected President, Royal Society of Medicine (from 2000 to 2002).

House of Lords

In 2001 Hine was appointed as an independent member to the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

Affiliations

• President Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
• Non-executive director of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
• Vice-President, Marie Curie Cancer Care
• Member, Science Committee for Cancer Research UK

Honours

Hine was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to medicine in Wales" in 1997.

Fellowships

She received honorary fellowships in:

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

External links

• Breast Cancer Screening Service
• Shaw Prize.org
• Writings