Background
Keighley was born in 1948 and grew up in Bishopbriggs.
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Brian Douglas Keighley Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire FRCGP Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Justice of the Peace was a Scottish medical doctor who worked as a general practitioner and was the chair of the Scottish Council of the British Medical Association from 2009 to December 2014.
Education
He was educated at the Glasgow Academy, then studied at the University of Glasgow graduating with a medical degree in 1972.
Career
His childhood holidays were spent on Inchmurrin, an island in Loch Lomond. In 1974, as a General Practice trainee, he joined a medical practice in Balfron, Stirlingshire. He became a partner at the practice the following year, then a trainer in 1978.
He retired from clinical practice in November 2013.
From 1997 to 2000 Keighley was Chairman of the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice (JCPTGP)- the organisation that regulated General Practice training in the United Kingdom. In 1998 amendments were introduced that he described as ”stiletto powers”, allowing remedial action at the correct level He was chair of the Scottish General Practitioners Committee (SGPC) 1995−1998.
He was deputy chair of British Medical Association’s Scottish council from July 2007, then elected as chair in August 2009. During his time in these positions he faced issues such as public sector pension reform and National Health Service contractual change.
As the outgoing chair in 2014, Keighley delivered a speech to the British Medical Association’s annual conference in which he directly confronted the issue of the level of taxation needed for adequate healthcare.
This generated much comment from politicians. In 2010 he became the first chair of the RCGP’s Audit Committee. In 1997 he published a book Guide to Postgraduate Medical Education with Stuart Murray.
Achievements
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He became a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) in 1990, then became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPEd) in 2015. In 2006, the British Medical Association awarded Keighley their Association medal. He received a Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to healthcare.
Membership
He was a member of representative bodies throughout his clinical career. He was an elected member of the Council of the General Medical Council (General Medical Council) 1994−2008. He was member of the council of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from 2000−2008.
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