David Haslam (physician)


Sir David Anthony Haslam CBE FRCP FRCGP FAcadMed is a British medical doctor and administrator.

Education

Haslam was educated at the University of Birmingham. In 2014 he received an honorary doctorate from University of Birmingham.

Medical career

Haslam began his career as a general practitioner in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire.
He was president of the British Medical Association, President and chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, and vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
Haslam was chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence from 2013-2019.
He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 30th most powerful person in the British National Health Service in December 2013. He was ranked in the Health Service Journal's list of Clinical Leaders in 2015, and later reckoned to be the 15th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015.

Honours

He was Knighted in June 2018.