Clifford Mann

Clifford Mann
Born22 June 1962[1]
Died20 February 2021(2021-02-20) (aged 58)
NationalityBritish
OccupationEmergency Medicine physician
Dr Mann is holding the medal representing the receipt of an OBE
Mann receiving OBE (May 2018)

Clifford John Mann OBE (22 June 1962 – 20 February 2021) was a British Emergency Medicine physician, and President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine 2013–2016, becoming the first President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine when the organisation received its royal charter.

Career

Mann graduated from the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in London in 1986.[2] He took up a consultant position the Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset.

Mann was registrar of the College of Emergency Medicine 2010–2013, then became president in 2013. In March 2015, the college was granted the use of the word Royal in its title.[3] Mann had been an outspoken critic of some government policies.[4]

In 2017 he was appointed joint lead of the Getting It Right First Time programme for Emergency Medicine 2017, a set of aligned initiatives to improve standards of care across England.[5] In 2016 he became a NHS National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care.[6]

In 2017 and in 2020, the Health Service Journal included Mann in their lists of the most influential people in Health.[7][8]

Personal life

Mann had an oesophageal cancer diagnosis and died age 58 at his home in Somerset on 20 February 2021.[9] Tributes were paid to Mann by NHS England's Chief Executive Simon Stevens.[10]

Honours

Mann was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours list for services to emergency medicine.[11]

References

  1. ^ "College Information > News & Media > Obituaries". Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ^ Ilman, John (23 March 2021). "Obituaries. Cliff Mann: instrumental in developing new clinical standards for urgent and emergency care". BMJ. 372: 804. doi:10.1136/bmj.n804. S2CID 232326899.
  3. ^ Mann, Clifford (19 May 2015). "...now the Royal College of Emergency Medicine". Emergency Medicine Journal. 32 (6): 425. doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-204861. PMID 25991772. S2CID 45238837.
  4. ^ Cooper, Charlie (31 December 2013). "Exclusive: 'It was no accident' - Government blamed for A&E crisis". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ^ Ilman, James (26 June 2017). "NHS 'needs £100m' of £1bn social care boost to hit A&E target". Local Government Chronicle. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  6. ^ Munro-Davies, Lisa; Gagg, James; Moulton, Chris. "Obituary. Dr Clifford Mann OBE". Emergency Medicine Journal. 38 (11): 865. doi:10.1136/emermed-2021-212085. S2CID 239459304.
  7. ^ "HSJ100: The list in full". Health Service Journal. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  8. ^ "HSJ80 full list: The most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ Hill, Phil (9 March 2021). "Musgrove Park Hospital staff tribute to Dr Clilff Mann". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Emergency doctor Clifford Mann was 'revered'". BBC News. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  11. ^ Wright, Stuart (8 January 2018). "Musgrove consultant awarded OBE". Tone FM. Retrieved 27 June 2022.