Dame Gillian Morgan DBE (born 1953 in

Llwynypia Llwynypia ( cy, Llwynypia ) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Tonypandy in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. Before 1850 a lightly populated rural farming area, Llwynypia experienced a population boom betwee ...

) was Permanent Secretary to the

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between May 2008 and August 2012. She has also worked in healthcare and healthcare management and is currently the independent chair of the One Gloucestershire

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Professional career

Healthcare

Morgan's career has been mainly in healthcare, both in medicine and management, and includes a period as Chief Executive of North and East Devon Health Authority. She has worked as a doctor in

hospitals A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

, in

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and in

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medicine, working both as a consultant and as the Director of Public Health for Leicestershire. She is a Fellow of the

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and the

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and a member of the

Royal College of General Practitioners The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/ Family Physicians/ Primary Care Physicians) in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including ...

. She was President of the Institute of Health Services Management in 1997–98 and is a past President of the International Hospital Federation. At the turn of the century, Morgan was chief executive of the North & East

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

Health Authority, based in Exeter where her husband taught at

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. She was chief executive of the

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from 2002 to 2008, chair of

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from 2014 to December 2019, and since January 2020 is the independent chair of the One Gloucestershire

. While working in healthcare, Morgan served on a number of national committees and working groups and was a member of the NHS Stakeholder Forum. She was one of the three members of the review team led by Sir Jeremy Beecham, set up in 2006 to advise the

on the reform of public services in

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. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 2004 and was awarded Honorary

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by The

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, in May 2006.

Welsh Assembly Government

Morgan was appointed as Permanent Secretary (head of the civil service) to the

on 1 May 2008. She retired from the post in August 2012.

Offices held

References

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