Sir Brian Jarman (born 9 July 1933) is a retired English physician and academic. He was professor of primary health care from 1983 to 1998 at

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and president of the

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from 2003 to 2004. The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) methodology was developed by Jarman, director of the Dr Foster Unit at

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, London. This method was applied by

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Education

Jarman was educated at

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. Jarman originally trained in the natural sciences, graduating from

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in 1954, and completing a PhD in Geophysics at Imperial College in 1960. After working for Shell for three years, Jarman switched to medicine, completing a medical degree at Imperial College in 1969. He was a clinical fellow at Harvard in 1970 and later occasional lecturer.

Honours

* Jarman received the

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in 1988, and was knighted in

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. * He gave the

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at the

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in 1999, on "The Quality of Care in Hospitals". * Fellow of the

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(FRCGP) 1984, Fellow of the

(FRCP) 1988, Fellow of the

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1999 (FFPH).,Debretts
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/ref> Fellow of Imperial College 1999, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) 2000

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarman, Brian Living people 1933 births Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners Members of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Academics of Imperial College London Alumni of Imperial College London Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge National Health Service people People educated at Barking Abbey Grammar School