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The role of Mr Wisheart

25 In addition to his clinical commitments, Mr Wisheart had a number of other roles. From 1992 to 1995, he held the post of Medical Director of the UBHT. The role was to advise the Chief Executive and Trust Board on medical issues, and initially two sessions of time per week were allocated for this.

26 Initially, the posts of Medical Director and of Chair of the HMC were joined. This meant that Mr Wisheart held both. It was subsequently recognised that these two jobs were too much for one person. Thus, when Mr Wisheart's two-year term as Chairman of the HMC came to an end in January 1994, while he continued as Medical Director, Dr Laszlo took over as Chair of the HMC. As a consequence of the position he held, Mr Wisheart was for a number of years, one (if not two) of the `Three Wise Men', a system designed to respond to concerns about fellow doctors in the NHS. [31]

27 Mr Wisheart was also the Associate Clinical Director for Cardiac Surgery from 1990 to 1992, when he was succeeded by Mr Dhasmana from 1992 to 1995, and Chair of the Clinical Audit Committee for six months from July 1994.

Footnotes

[31] See Annex A Chapter 8 for a description of the `Three Wise Men' procedures