Peter Holden (doctor)

Peter J P Holden (born 1955) is a doctor who works as a General Practitioner in Matlock, Derbyshire. He is a member of the Council of the British Medical Association, member of its GP committee since 1981 who was a negotiator with the General Practitioner's Committee (GPC) for more the 15 years.

This article is about the doctor. For actor and producer, see Peter Holden.

Peter Holden
Born
Sheffield
EducationShrewsbury School
Known formedical politics
air ambulance physician
Medical career
Professiondoctor
Fieldgeneral practice

Medical career

Holden was born in 1955.[1] Holden has been a member of the British Medical Association's General Practice Committee (GPC) for more than thirty five years.[2] He was a member of the negotiating team behind the 2004 new General Medical Services (GMS) contract deal.[3] He was a negotiator for more than fifteen years, one of only five people to serve that length of time.[4] Holden has been a member of the Council of the British Medical Association for 27 years.[5] In April 2018, he was elected for a further four-year term.[6]

He trained to deal with casualties in major incidents and gained a Diploma in Immediate Care in 1991 and a Fellowship in Immediate Care with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001.[7][8] He attended the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, arriving about an hour into the incident and certifying many people dead.[9] He treated victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings when a bomb exploded on a bus that was travelling through Upper Woburn Place.[8][10][11][12] Holden has worked as a physician with emergency care charity Magpas Air Ambulance since 2007 and Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance since 1998.[2] In 2019 he became the first general medical practitioner to chair the Inter Collegiate Board for Training in PreHospital Emergency Medicine

Awards and honours

In 2002, Holden received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.[13] and in 2012 the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in both cases in recognition of his work in Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) In November 2015, he received a lifetime achievement award at National Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence.[14][15]

References
  1. Insley, Jill (15 March 2012). "NHS: 100 NHS voices: NHS reforms: the helicopter medic's view". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. Millet, David (18 November 2015). "Lifesaving pioneer GP Dr Peter Holden wins lifetime achievement award". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. Roberts, Neil (17 July 2014). "GPC's Dr Peter Holden: 'no regrets' after losing negotiator election". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. "Pulse power 50 GPs: 38. Dr Peter Holden". Pulse. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. Soteriou, Marina (24 April 2012). "Health Act opponents win BMA council seats". GP online. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. Twaddell, Iona (15 April 2016). "Six GPs elected to serve on BMA Council". Pulse. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  7. "Doctors and the support staff of the EMICS scheme". East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. Benjamin, Alison; Andalo, Debbie (13 July 2005). "Meetings with destiny". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. "How doctor dealt with tragedy at Hillsborough and July 7 bomb terror". Derby Telegraph. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. Andalo, Debbie (7 July 2005). "'The whole of the front of the building was covered with blood'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  11. "Magazine: Why 7/7 could have been even worse". BBC News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. "'We used tabletops as stretchers', says 7/7 doctor". BBC News. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  13. "Senior Management Team". British Association for Immediate Care. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  14. Lang, Freya (24 November 2015). "Magpas doctor Peter Holden wins lifetime achievement award at National Air Ambulance Awards". Cambridge News. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  15. Matthews-King, Alex (18 November 2015). "GPC's Dr Peter Holden receives award for lifetime of emergency medicine work". Pulse. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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