Summer Break
The Exeter & District group is now in summer recess. It was decided to take a break until September due to a lot of members being on holiday. The group will resume with a talk by Dr. Michael Dixon OBE at 1pm on Monday 7the Sept. Dr. Dixon runs an Integrated Health Centre in Cullompton, Devon where mainstream GP's work alongside complementary therapists. He is also Medical Director of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health. Dr. Michael Dixon has been a GP in Cullompton Devon for 24 years and Chair of NHS Alliance (representing primary care, PCTs and practice based commissioners). He is currently Practice Based Commissioning lead on Lord Darzi's Primary Care Strategy Board and is chair of the National Life Check Board. He sits on the National Leadership Network for Health and Social Care, the Medical Leaders Professional Council, the Practice Based Commissioning Implementation Board, the Cancer Reform Strategy Group and the National Primary Care Forum.
Other appointments include Senior Associate of the King's Fund, Honorary Senior Fellow in Public Policy (HSMC Birmingham), Visiting Professor (University of Westminster, Integrated School of Health) and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Integrated Health at the Peninsula Medical School.
This should be a very interesting talk and we are very lucky to have a speaker of such reknown and calibre. Details of venue will be posted later.
