CEMACH APPOINTS NEW CHAIR

CEMACH has appointed Baby Lifeline Training's Professor James Walker to be the new Chair of CEMACH from 1st April 2009.

Jimmy Walker has been Professor in the University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St James University Hospital, Leeds since 1994 and undertakes a wide range of additional professional activities. He is an elected member of the Council of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and is on a number of national advisory bodies including the Maternity Matters Advisory Group and Maternity Care Working Party. He chaired the national Sentinel Caesarean Section Audit. Professor Walker is also Baby Lifeline Training Limited's President and Head of Training Faculty.

The current CEMACH Chair, Professor Michael Weindling, who helped set up the new organisation in 2003 and has chaired it ever since said: "CEMACH has developed greatly since the early days and now publishes national and local reports across the full range of its maternal, perinatal and child health remit. I am delighted that Jimmy Walker has been appointed to take the Enquiry to the next stage of its development."

Commenting on his appointment, Professor Walker said: "Confidential enquiry has always played an important part in my professional life and I am delighted to be appointed as the next Chair of CEMACH. I would like to pay tribute to the major contribution made by Michael Weindling as Chair over the last six years of significant change and development at CEMACH. I look forward to continuing to shape the future of the Enquiry and helping guide CEMACH through the opportunities and challenges of the coming years. The future development of the national child health enquiry will be a particular priority."

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