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Grampian NHS chair
02/09/2003
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm today announced the re-appointment of Mr James Royan as Chair of the Grampian NHS Board. His new term of appointment is for four years, from September 1August 31, 2007.
Mr Chisholm said:
"I am pleased to announce the re-appointment of Jim Royan as Chair of Grampian NHS Board. Since his appointment as Chair in 2001 he has made a valuable contribution to the NHS in Scotland."
NHS Boards are responsible for the strategic planning of health services and the development of measures to improve the health of the community in their region.
Grampian NHS Board is responsible for the strategic planning of health services and the development of measures to improve the health of the community in the Grampian region. To meet those needs it has an annual budget of over £483 million.
Mr Royan is a Master Butcher fromElginwho has been involved in the meat industry for over 40 years. He has involved himself in many local organisations over the last 27 years, such as the Elgin Rotary Club and the Laich of Moray Trust.
He is also Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Moray and, since January 2001, a Governor of Robert Gordon University,Aberdeen.
It is expected that as Chair, Mr Royan will contribute around three days per week, for which the annual remuneration is £28,000.
In his capacity as Chair of Grampian NHS Board, Mr Royan was appointed as a Member of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board, for which he receives remuneration of £7,000. He has also been re-appointed to this position for a period of two years. Mr Royan has not been involved in any political activity within the last five years.
This Ministerial re-appointment was made in accordance with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments' Code of Practice, which states that appointments to NHS Boards are normally restricted to two terms, and must not exceed a total of ten years in duration. In addition consideration of re-appointment can only be given where the individual's performance has been assessed as satisfactory.
The establishment of 15 new NHS Boards was announced in 'Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change' (Scottish Executive Health Department, December 2000). Further details were given in the policy document 'Rebuilding our National Health Service' (May 2001). NHS Boards have been designed to simplify and rationalise existing NHS decision-making structures and create greater accountability and transparency, while providing strategic leadership and direction in each local health system.
Partnership for Care:Scotland's Health White Paperincludes proposals for changes to the governance arrangements for local NHS systems which are intended to improve service organisation and delivery throughout NHSScotland. Organisational barriers in local NHS systems will be removed as far as possible, and clear duties are now placed on NHS Boards to enhance corporacy, partnership and clarity of direction both within and beyond each NHS Board area.