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Dame Deirdre Hine
DBE FFPH FRCP FLSW
Dame Deirdre Hine DBE FFPH FRCP FLSW
Personal details
Born	Deirdre Joan Curran; 16 September 1937 (age 87); Cardiff, Wales
Occupation	Public health doctor

Dame Deirdre Joan Hine (née Curran; born 16 September 1937^[1]) is a Welsh medical doctor. In 1984 she began her career as a public health physician in Wales. She was chair of the Commission for Health Improvement from 1999 to 2004.

Biography

Hine was born to David Alban Curran and his wife, Noreen Mary (née Cliffe), and raised in Cardiff. She attended Heathfield House (Cardiff) and Charlton Park (Cheltenham) schools before earning her MBBCh degree at the Welsh National School of Medicine (now Cardiff University School of Medicine) in 1961. In 1963 she married Raymond Hine and the couple had two sons. She was a medical practitioner at Cardiff's Royal Infirmary. She trained in public health medicine, becoming a specialist in community medicine in 1974. ^{[citation needed]}

Her career included, Principal Medical Officer, Welsh Office (1984); Deputy Chief Medical Officer (1985); Director, Breast Cancer Screening Service, Wales (1988); and Chief Medical Officer, Wales (1990). Hine was affiliated with several organisations including Non-executive director of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water; Vice-President, Marie Curie Cancer Care; and Member, Science Committee for Cancer Research UK.

She retired in 1997 and was appointed to the Audit Commission the following year. Hine was named as chair of the Commission for Health Improvement in August 1999, a position which she held until that body was abolished in 2004.

She was elected President of the Royal Society of Medicine (2000–02).^[2]

She later served terms as chair of the BUPA Foundation (2004–11), President of the British Medical Association (2005–06) and President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (2008–13).

In 2001 Hine was appointed as an independent member to the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

She chaired the UK's official review into the 2009 swine flu pandemic.^[3]

Awards and honours

Hine was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to medicine in Wales" in 1997.

She received honorary fellowships in:

References

^ Profile at Debrett's
^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "Appendix: Presidents of the Society 1805-2000". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 481–482. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
^ Kennedy, Dominic (5 April 2020). "Lack of coronavirus testing 'difficult to understand', says Dame Deirdre Hine". The Times.

External links

Breast Cancer Screening Service
Shaw Prize.org Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Writings^{[dead link]}

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Sir Charles George	President of the British Medical Association 2005-2006	Succeeded by Dame Parveen Kumar
Preceded by Sir Barry Jackson	President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund 2008-2013	Succeeded by Dame Parveen Kumar
Preceded by Lord Soulsby of Swaffham	President of the Royal Society of Medicine 2000-2002	Succeeded by Sir Barry Jackson