News
May 19, 2014
Members appointed to NHS Fife
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing today announced the appointment
of four new Members to Fife NHS Board.
NHS Fife delivers a diverse range of health and wellbeing services to the people of
Fife. In doing so, NHS Fife provides a vast range of health services to more than a
quarter of a million people and is committed to building on and improving these
services with the involvement and support of the public and its partners.
The new Members are:
Dr Les Bisset - a General Practioner in Leven, Fife for 34 years until he took early
retirement in 2010. Les was a Partner in a mixed urban/rural practice of about 9000
patients based in a multipurpose Health Centre. Les has held various part time
appointments with Fife Health Board for 21 years, latterly as Clinical Director for
Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth CHP until he retired from this post in 2102. This involved
having lead responsibility for clinical governance, service development and redesign
and working with colleagues in primary and secondary care. He also led projects
including premises modernisation and setting up an integrated community service
with social work and third sector colleagues to care for elderly patients at home as a
direct alternative to hospital admission. Les has also been involved as an Honorary
Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of St Andrews setting up a teaching
programme in Levenmouth for second year medical students designed to enhance
their understanding of the social determinants of health.
Ms Ann Faulds – is a partner in CMS Cameron McKenna specialising in public law
issues. Ann has worked in the NHS and local government and was a Member of the
Accounts Commission for Scotland from 2003 to 2009. She is currently Chairman of
Lothian Buses plc and a Non Executive Director of Transport for Edinburgh. She is
also a Member of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Ann brings to the board
experience of corporate governance in both public and private sectors as well as her
specialist knowledge in planning and transport issues.
Ms Rona Laing – a registered Social Worker who retired two years ago as Head of
Older People Services, after 31 years with Fife Council Social Work Service. For the
past two years Rona has been working across NHS Fife and Fife Council as the
Programme Manager for Health and Social Care Integration, supporting the work of
the Shadow Joint Board. Rona brings to the NHS Fife Board a great deal of
knowledge and experience of public services and the ways in which the care and
support of vulnerable people has changed and improved over the years. In addition
to a good understanding of the challenges of increasing demands on health and
social care, Rona hopes to bring a positive contribution to the plans for increased
joint working through Integration, to enable NHS Fife and its partners to improve
services.
Mr John Paterson – as a Site Director, and part of a Europe supply leadership
team, managing Diageo's largest production facility, John brings to the board
significant experience in operating as part of an executive team, both setting and
delivering strategic objectives. During his career John has demonstrated leadership
skills required to manage over 1000 employees, a multi -million pound budget and to
deliver performance targets. John places a high value on integrity, and has built a
reputation for passionately believing in and delivering on, the engagement of
employees at all levels, through the development of excellent communication
channels, in order to ensure the involvement of employees and to facilitate delivery
of targets.
The appointments will be for four years and will run from June 1, 2014 to May 31,
2018.
The appointments are part-time and attracts a remuneration of £8,008 for a time
commitment of eight hours per week.
Ann Faulds is an Appointed Member of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT)
for which she receives no remuneration for a time commitment of one and a half
days per month. Ann is a Non-Executive Director of Transport for Edinburgh for
which she receives no remuneration for a time commitment of half a day per month.
Ann is also Chair of Lothian Buses plc for which she receives £25,000 per annum for
a time commitment of two days per month.
Les Bisset, Rona Laing and John Paterson do not hold any other ministerial
appointments.
This appointment is regulated by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public
Life in Scotland.
All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the
selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan
recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity within the
last five years (if there is any to be declared) to be made public. None of the new
Members have had any political activity in the last five years.