Health Planning Group

The Health Planning Group has representatives from all member institutions with an interest in Health, Medicine, Dentistry and Social Care, and works jointly with NHS-SW, the region's Strategic Health Authority.

Members of the Group:

• Gail Thomas, Bournemouth University 
• Beryl Pearson, Open University in the South West
• Maggie Cooper, University College Plymouth St Mark & St John
• Ken Judge, University of Bath
• Peter Mathieson, University of Bristol
• Janice Kay, University of Exeter
• Mike Cogger, University of Gloucestershire
• Richard Stephenson, University of Plymouth
• Steven West, University of the West of England
• John Bligh, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD)
• Christine Whitehead, NHS-SW

The Group is currently developing a series of activities relating to Health, Education, Research, Innovation, Service Delivery and Patient Care.  This coherent development activity provides economic and health gains across the SW region which focus on the major health challenges of the 21st Century.  For more details of this activity see our current projects.