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NHS 24
29/11/2007
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, today announced three new non-executive member appointments the Board of NHS 24.
Miss Anne Jarvie was the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland until retirement in September 2004. Since then, she has chaired the Expert Group, commissioned by NHS Lothian, to consider the services they provided to Older People. The Jarvie Report was accepted by the Board in March 2006. She provides the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman with NHS and clinical advice on Health complaints; is chair of the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector and was appointed by the Minister in September 2007 to the short life Group to undertake an Independent Funding Review of Free Personal and Nursing Care , for which she receives a daily fee of £209.
Mrs Kay Blair owns and manages Business Perceptions, the Edinburgh-based marketing and communications consultancy. Currently she serves on the Consumer Panel of the Financial Services Authority(FSA) and as a Council Member of the Scottish Consumer Council. She is also a Trustee and Council Member of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation. Previous ministerial appointments have included non-executive positions on the Edinburgh Sick Kids NHS Trust, the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Mr Martin Hill was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management for NHS Lanarkshire prior to his retirement. His roles included Chief Executive of two NHS Trusts in Scotland and Non-Executive Director of the former Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. He also has experience of working with the social care and voluntary sectors, having been a member of the 21st Century Social Work in Scotland Review Group, non-executive directorship of the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairment, and membership of the Renfrewshire Childrens Panel. He is now the Managing Director of Hill Consulting. He holds no other ministerial appointments.
All three appointments are for a period of four years, taking effect from December 3, 2007 until November 30, 2011.
These posts are part time with a time commitment of eight hours per week for which the annual remuneration is £7,620.
NHS 24 works in partnership with local NHS Boards out-of-hours services to provide patients with health advice and help when GP practices are closed.
Ministerial appointments are made in accordance with Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland (OCPAS) Code of Practice.
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 (if any declared) to be made public. Within the last five years, none of the three new appointees have taken part in any political activity.