Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8702
Biography
Councils, public bodies
President, Royal College of Obstetricians 1995-98;
Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 1996-98;
Council, General Medical Council 1998-2003;
Chair:
Specialist Training Authority of Medicine 1998-2001,
NHS Quality Improvement, Scotland 1999-2006,
Clinical Standards Board of Scotland 1999-2002;
Member, Armed Forces Pay Review Body 2000-06;
Chair:
UK Stem Cell Oversight Committee 2005-10,
National Patient Safety Agency 2006-10,
Armed Forces Diversity and Equality Committee 2006-09,
UK National Stem Cell Network 2007-09;
Council member, Medical Research Council 2008-12
International bodies
European Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2000-03;
Vice-President, International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2000-03;
President, European Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2005-07
Political interests
Women's health, higher education, regulation of medicine, ethnic minority issues, standards in medicine, care of obstetric fistulas worldwide, NHS, medical research
Countries of interest
France, India, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Patel, of Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross 1999
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Council Member, Medical Research Council
Professor of Obstetrics & Consultant Obstetrician, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee (retired)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, University of Dundee