12 Facts About Liam Donaldson

Sir Liam Joseph Donaldson was born on 3 May 1949 and is a British physician.

Liam Donaldson was formerly the Chief Medical Officer for England, being the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855.

Liam Donaldson graduated with an MSc degree in anatomy from the University of Birmingham in 1976.

Liam Donaldson began his career as a surgeon before training in public health.

Liam Donaldson is visiting professor in the University of Leicester's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and holds an honorary Chair of Applied Epidemiology at Newcastle University.

Liam Donaldson retired from this role in the summer of 2019.

Liam Donaldson is Chair of the World Alliance for Patient Safety, which was established by the Director-General of the World Health Organization in October 2004.

Liam Donaldson was involved in devising the Modernising Medical Careers system and the Medical Training Application Service.

Liam Donaldson angered civil liberties campaigners, GPs, and the BMA's spokesman for IT in December 2006 by recommending that GPs should forward letters from patients, requesting that personal medical data not be uploaded to the Spine centralised NHS database, to Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt.

Liam Donaldson is co-author of a standard text book of public health, a history of the Chief Medical Officer of England and over 130 papers in peer review journals.

Liam Donaldson has written a foreword for a book on clinical audit.

Liam Donaldson's papers are now archived as one of the special collections of Newcastle University.