Dame Deidre Hine DBE FFPH FRCP
Deirdre Hine qualified in medicine at the then Welsh National School of Medicine in 1961. After experience in hospital medicine and general practice she trained in Public Health Medicine. She has had a career in both academic and NHS practice in Wales and in the Medical Civil Service
She established the Welsh Breast Cancer Screening Service, Breast Test Wales, before becoming Chief Medical Officer at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1997. She is known widely for her co-publication with Sir Kenneth Calman of the seminal Report on Cancer Services (the Calman Hine report).
Since retirement as Chief Medical Officer in 1997 she has been Chairman of the Commission for Health Improvement, President of the Royal Society of Medicine, and President of the British Medical Association. She is currently President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund, Chairman of the BUPA Foundation, Chairman of the Wales Cancer Insititute Partners Forum and a Non-Executive Director of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.