Dame Joan Margaret Higgins, DBE

FAcSS The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the ...

is a British academic, educator, and public health service manager.

Career

Higgins graduated in social administration from the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

in 1971 and has held academic posts at the

University of Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England. It is one of only four universities in the South East England, South East of England rated as Gold in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework. With approximately 28 ...

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

(where she was professor of social policy) and

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

(where she was professor of health policy, from 1992, and director of the Manchester Centre for Healthcare Management 1998–2004). In 2002–03 she was president of the European Health Management Association. Her roles include: *Chair of the

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, 2007–2013 *Member (since 2005) of the QC Appointments Panel *Chair, Federal Working Group

The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health The Foundation for Integrated Health (FIH) was a controversial charity run by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) founded in 1993. The foundation promoted complementary and alternative medicine, preferring to use the term " integrated health", ...

on complementary therapy *Chair (since 2001), Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) in the

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...

*Chair, Ethics Advisory Group, NHS Care Record Development Board *Chair, Christie NHS Trust, 2002–2007 *Chair, NHS regional office for the North West *Chair, Manchester Health Authority

Awards

*Honorary fellow of the

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*Honorary fellow of the Institute of Health Record Information and Management *Emerita professor of health policy at the

Damehood

In 2007, she was created a

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(DBE).

References

External links

BBC article
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