Peter Holden (doctor)
Peter Holden | |
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Born | Sheffield |
Education | Shrewsbury School |
Known for | medical politics air ambulance physician |
Medical career | |
Profession | doctor |
Field | general practice |
Peter J P Holden (born 1955) is a doctor who works as a General Practitioner in Matlock, Derbyshire. He is a member of the Council of the British Medical Association, member of its GP committee since 1981 who was a negotiator with the General Practitioner's Committee (GPC) for more the 15 years.
Medical career[]
Holden was born in 1955.[1] Holden has been a member of the British Medical Association's General Practice Committee (GPC) for more than thirty five years.[2] He was a member of the negotiating team behind the 2004 new General Medical Services (GMS) contract deal.[3] He was a negotiator for more than fifteen years, one of only five people to serve that length of time.[4] Holden has been a member of the Council of the British Medical Association for 27 years.[5] In April 2018, he was elected for a further four-year term.[6]
He trained to deal with casualties in major incidents and gained a Diploma in Immediate Care in 1991 and a Fellowship in Immediate Care with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001.[7][8] He attended the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, arriving about an hour into the incident and certifying many people dead.[9] He treated victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings when a bomb exploded on a bus that was travelling through Upper Woburn Place.[8][10][11][12] Holden has worked as a physician with emergency care charity Magpas Air Ambulance since 2007 and Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance since 1998.[2] In 2019 he became the first general medical practitioner to chair the Inter Collegiate Board for Training in PreHospital Emergency Medicine
Awards and honours[]
In 2002, Holden received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.[13] and in 2012 the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in both cases in recognition of his work in Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) In November 2015, he received a lifetime achievement award at National Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence.[14][15]
References[]
- ^ Insley, Jill (15 March 2012). "NHS: 100 NHS voices: NHS reforms: the helicopter medic's view". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b Millet, David (18 November 2015). "Lifesaving pioneer GP Dr Peter Holden wins lifetime achievement award". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Roberts, Neil (17 July 2014). "GPC's Dr Peter Holden: 'no regrets' after losing negotiator election". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Pulse power 50 GPs: 38. Dr Peter Holden". Pulse. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Soteriou, Marina (24 April 2012). "Health Act opponents win BMA council seats". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Twaddell, Iona (15 April 2016). "Six GPs elected to serve on BMA Council". Pulse. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Doctors and the support staff of the EMICS scheme". East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b Benjamin, Alison; Andalo, Debbie (13 July 2005). "Meetings with destiny". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "How doctor dealt with tragedy at Hillsborough and July 7 bomb terror". Derby Telegraph. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Andalo, Debbie (7 July 2005). "'The whole of the front of the building was covered with blood'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Magazine: Why 7/7 could have been even worse". BBC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "'We used tabletops as stretchers', says 7/7 doctor". BBC News. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Senior Management Team". British Association for Immediate Care. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Lang, Freya (24 November 2015). "Magpas doctor Peter Holden wins lifetime achievement award at National Air Ambulance Awards". Cambridge News. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Matthews-King, Alex (18 November 2015). "GPC's Dr Peter Holden receives award for lifetime of emergency medicine work". Pulse. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- Living people
- 20th-century British medical doctors
- 21st-century British medical doctors
- British general practitioners
- 1955 births