Professor Jacky Hayden awarded the CBE

Professor Jacky Hayden, Dean of Postgraduate Medical Studies for the North Western Deanery NHS North and Manchester and Lancaster Universities has been awarded the CBE for services to medical education.

Jacky has held senior offices in the North Western Deanery for twenty-two years, in 1997 she was the first general practitioner in England to be appointed to the position of postgraduate dean.

Jacky leads the development and quality management of postgraduate education for the 4,500 doctors and dentists in training who work across the North West. She has established systematic processes to ensure that doctors and dentists completing training in the North West learn to provide the highest possible patient care.

She has a particular interest in ensuring that future doctors and dentists are able to provide compassionate, patient-focused leadership in the NHS.
 
Jacky has also led the development of medical education nationally. In 2012, she completed four years as the Chair of the Committee of English Deans; she was an inaugural member of Medical Education England and an active participant in the Medical Programme Board, including leading work on quality metrics for medical education. She has taken an active role in the Royal College of General Practitioners, serving for twenty-seven years on the Council and contributing to the development of standards for general practice. 
 
Responding to the news of the award she said, “I am absolutely thrilled to be awarded the CBE, I am delighted that the work of the North Western Deanery has been recognised, they are a brilliant team. I believe it is so important that, as well as providing high quality care for our current patients, our NHS provides the highest quality education and training for our future practitioners.” 

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