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Rod Griffiths
•I qualified as a doctor in 1969 and spent my working life in the NHS, working in medical research, general practice and public health.
•I was Medical Director of the West Midlands (a population of...view more•I qualified as a doctor in 1969 and spent my working life in the NHS, working in medical research, general practice and public health.
•I was Medical Director of the West Midlands (a population of 5 million) for 12 years. After 9/11, I was also in charge of the whole spectrum of emergency planning for the Government Office for the West Midlands and worked on some national projects.
•I spent the last three years of my career as President of the national profession body for public health, part of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
•I was awarded a CBE for services to medicine in 2000.
Before I retired I became convinced that fiction could provide an excellent vehicle for engaging the public with medical issues.view less