Membership - Appointed 2017
Dr Suzanne Shale - Chair
Suzanne Shale works as an independent ethics consultant. She develops ethical policy and guidance, undertakes commissioned research, provides education and training, and offers one-to-one support for people seeking ethical direction. She has an international reputation for her work helping health care organisations to respond well when patients have suffered harm in their care.
Suzanne is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London. She was formerly a Fellow of New College Oxford, University Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Oxford Learning Institute. She holds higher degrees in law and medical ethics, and qualifications in mediation and conflict resolution. She now works with NHS and independent sector care providers, medical Royal Colleges, the General Medical Council, medical defence organisations, charities, and universities in the UK and overseas.
Suzanne chairs the UK’s leading patient safety charity, Action against Medical Accidents, sits on the Department of Health’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel, and is a member of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch Advisory Panel. She was a 2016 Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow. Her book Moral Leadership in Medicine: Building Ethical Healthcare Organizations was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Her website is www.clearer-thinking.co.uk. Suzanne spent her twenties discovering south London, where she set up a low-cost housing co-operative. In 1996 she moved north of the river to live in Islington.
Suzanne Shale works as an independent ethics consultant. She develops ethical policy and guidance, undertakes commissioned research, provides education and training, and offers one-to-one support for people seeking ethical direction. She has an international reputation for her work helping health care organisations to respond well when patients have suffered harm in their care.
Suzanne is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London. She was formerly a Fellow of New College Oxford, University Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Oxford Learning Institute. She holds higher degrees in law and medical ethics, and qualifications in mediation and conflict resolution. She now works with NHS and independent sector care providers, medical Royal Colleges, the General Medical Council, medical defence organisations, charities, and universities in the UK and overseas.
Suzanne chairs the UK’s leading patient safety charity, Action against Medical Accidents, sits on the Department of Health’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel, and is a member of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch Advisory Panel. She was a 2016 Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow. Her book Moral Leadership in Medicine: Building Ethical Healthcare Organizations was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Her website is www.clearer-thinking.co.uk. Suzanne spent her twenties discovering south London, where she set up a low-cost housing co-operative. In 1996 she moved north of the river to live in Islington.
Professor Deborah Bowman
Deborah Bowman is Professor of Bioethics and Clinical Ethics and Deputy Principal (Institutional Affairs) at St. George's, University of London. Her background and qualifications are in law and philosophy. Professor Bowman’s academic interests concern the application of ethics to professional and practice environments, emotion in ethical decision-making, moral distress, public involvement in ethical debate, theatre and medicine, and therapeutic relationships between professionals and those they serve. She is also a mediator and provides clinical ethics support to the NHS. Professor Bowman has published extensively and she has participated in many international projects in the field of applied ethics and the moral dimensions of public policy and professional regulation.
Deborah Bowman has worked with many national and public organisations. She is currently the Chair of the General Medical Council working group reviewing national consent guidance for doctors. She also serves as an external member of the General Optical Council’s Standards Committee. Deborah has a commitment to public engagement and has worked with festivals, theatres, arts organisations, charities and broadcasters. She is an external member of the Wellcome Trust’s Public Engagement Committee. She is a broadcaster and regular commentator in the media, particularly for BBC radio. Recent projects include developing and presenting a second series of Test Case for Radio 4 and collaborating with Love Productions on a documentary exploring clinical ethics support in the UK for Channel 4.
Prof Bowman is the former Chair of The Deafinitely Theatre Company and Sutton High School Governing Body. In 2016, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Medical Ethics. Deborah has lived and worked in South West London since 1992.
Deborah Bowman is Professor of Bioethics and Clinical Ethics and Deputy Principal (Institutional Affairs) at St. George's, University of London. Her background and qualifications are in law and philosophy. Professor Bowman’s academic interests concern the application of ethics to professional and practice environments, emotion in ethical decision-making, moral distress, public involvement in ethical debate, theatre and medicine, and therapeutic relationships between professionals and those they serve. She is also a mediator and provides clinical ethics support to the NHS. Professor Bowman has published extensively and she has participated in many international projects in the field of applied ethics and the moral dimensions of public policy and professional regulation.
Deborah Bowman has worked with many national and public organisations. She is currently the Chair of the General Medical Council working group reviewing national consent guidance for doctors. She also serves as an external member of the General Optical Council’s Standards Committee. Deborah has a commitment to public engagement and has worked with festivals, theatres, arts organisations, charities and broadcasters. She is an external member of the Wellcome Trust’s Public Engagement Committee. She is a broadcaster and regular commentator in the media, particularly for BBC radio. Recent projects include developing and presenting a second series of Test Case for Radio 4 and collaborating with Love Productions on a documentary exploring clinical ethics support in the UK for Channel 4.
Prof Bowman is the former Chair of The Deafinitely Theatre Company and Sutton High School Governing Body. In 2016, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Medical Ethics. Deborah has lived and worked in South West London since 1992.
Dr Priya Singh
Priya Singh's medical career began in general practice, following which she specialised in legal medicine. She has broad strategic and operational executive experience in healthcare and ethics, international member services, professional indemnity and risk. During her career she has advised healthcare professionals on the legal, ethical and regulatory standards underpinning practice in the UK and internationally, including in Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
She is a trained mediator and trainer in communication skills, managing change, decision making under pressure and in resolving team conflict. She has particular expertise in quality assurance and governance in the delivery of safe, empathetic and effective patient care. Priya is President (board chair) of the Society for Assistance of Medical Families, a mutual provident fund with charity status, a Non-Executive Director of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and an Associate with Working With Cancer, a social enterprise helping those with cancer remain in or return to work. She has lived and worked in Westminster since 1996.
Priya Singh's medical career began in general practice, following which she specialised in legal medicine. She has broad strategic and operational executive experience in healthcare and ethics, international member services, professional indemnity and risk. During her career she has advised healthcare professionals on the legal, ethical and regulatory standards underpinning practice in the UK and internationally, including in Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
She is a trained mediator and trainer in communication skills, managing change, decision making under pressure and in resolving team conflict. She has particular expertise in quality assurance and governance in the delivery of safe, empathetic and effective patient care. Priya is President (board chair) of the Society for Assistance of Medical Families, a mutual provident fund with charity status, a Non-Executive Director of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and an Associate with Working With Cancer, a social enterprise helping those with cancer remain in or return to work. She has lived and worked in Westminster since 1996.
Professor Leif Wenar
Leif Wenar is Professor at the School of Law, King's College London, where he holds the Chair of Philosophy and Law. His degrees in Philosophy are from Stanford and Harvard, and he has been a visiting professor at Stanford and Princeton and the Carnegie Council Program on Justice in the World Economy. He is an editor of The Ethics of Philanthropy, and the author of Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World. Since first moving to London in 1998 he has lived in Chelsea and Brixton, and since 2004 in Camden near King's Cross.
Leif Wenar is Professor at the School of Law, King's College London, where he holds the Chair of Philosophy and Law. His degrees in Philosophy are from Stanford and Harvard, and he has been a visiting professor at Stanford and Princeton and the Carnegie Council Program on Justice in the World Economy. He is an editor of The Ethics of Philanthropy, and the author of Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World. Since first moving to London in 1998 he has lived in Chelsea and Brixton, and since 2004 in Camden near King's Cross.
Panel April 2014 - May 2016
- Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC – Chair
- Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catmose
- Grace Ononiwu OBE
- Meg Reiss
- Professor Leif Wenar