5th Australasian Conference on
Safety and Quality in Health Care

August 6–8, 2007
Brisbane Convention Centre

Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to announce that Dr Simon Eccles has agreed to come back and attend this forum as one of our esteemed international keynote speakers. In addition to Dr Eccles we are planning a number of renowned international and national speakers, and plan to profile their work, their challenges and their successes.

Dr Simon Eccles FRCS(Ed) FCEM

Simon Eccles qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1994. In August 2005 he was appointed as a consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, North East London. This is a part-time appointment for two days a week. For the other three days he is the National Clinical Lead for Hospitals for NHS Connecting for Health, formally the National Programme for IT. Working with his colleague, Mr Ian Scott, he has responsibility for the clinical engagement of doctors throughout NHS secondary care in all aspects of Connecting for Health.

Simon was the immediate past chairman of the Junior Doctors Committee of the BMA, leading work with the Department of Health on the introduction of the Modernising Medical Careers proposals as well as the continuing challenges arising from the European Working Time Directive.

In 2003/4, he took a year out of clinical work to allow him to work on the ‘Hospital at Night’ project as the medical advisor to the Department of Health. In April 2005 he was appointed as the Clinical Advisor to the Health Insight Unit, part of the Strategy Unit at the Department of Health.

Simon Eccles is co-author of the Oxford Handbook of the Foundation Programme and joint editor of the best selling careers guide 'So you want to be a brain surgeon'. He lives in East London.