Graham is in the senior partner of Stour Surgery, Christchurch. He was formerly Vice Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is joint Chair and clinical governance lead of the South and East Dorset Primary Care Trust Professional Executive Committee.

 

Graham’s interest in osteoporosis comes from his belief that there is insufficient emphasis given to this silent condition which can cause such misery. Only by increasing the public and professional awareness of osteoporosis can the condition be raised up the public health agenda to become a real priority.

 

Graham has advised the government’s Health Select Committee and sits on external reference groups, and several NICE committees including: the NICE guidelines heart failure working group, the Advisory Committee on Topic Selection, Cancer Guidelines assessment Group and National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care. He runs the Succeed project, implementing nurse-managed care pathways in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, which was published in the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease. He is a member of the Department of Health and General Medical Council expert reference group on appraisal and revalidation.

He is co-chair of the Expert Review Group of the Quality and Outcomes Framework on the new GP contract.

 

Mary qualified with an honours degree in medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1980, having gained first class honours in Intercalated BSc in Medical Biochemistry. She undertook post graduate training in diabetes and endocrinology in Edinburgh and then in Wessex, obtaining an MD in 1988. She was appointed Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 1988.

 

She has always had a particular interest in gynaecological endocrinology, including infertility and menstrual problems, menopausal issues and in osteoporosis. She raised money for the establishment of the first DEXA scanner in Dorset, at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and was one of the founder members of Osteoporosis Dorset, when the charity was established by Dr Paul Thompson in 1992. She has served as a member of the Committee on Safety of Medicines for 7 years, and has Chaired the Expert Working Group on HRT and Women's Health Issues for the Department of Health for 5 years.

 

She is a Trustee of the national charity Breast Cancer Care, and has taken part in a number of Department of Health projects establishing standards for care for breast cancer services. She is an independent advisor to the Clinical Advisory Board, Healthcare Commission, a member of the the BAMM Medical Leaders Professional Council, a member of the South West sub-committee of the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards and an external examiner to the University of Birmingham Medical School.

 

She has a longstanding interest in the delivery of acute medical services, served as Clinical Director at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital for 7 years, and was elected Clinical Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians in 2004, having previously served as Wessex Regional Advisor and as an elected Counsellor.