Clare Marx

Dame Clare Lucy Marx, DBE DL, FRCS SFFMLM (born March 1954)[1] is the former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from July 2014 to July 2017, the first woman to hold the position,[2] and current Chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.[3] Since January 2019, Dame Clare has been Chair of the General Medical Council, the first woman to hold this role.

Dame Clare Marx DBE DL FRCS SFFMLM
Born	Clare Lucy Marx March 1954
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College London Medical School
Scientific career
Institutions	Associate Medical Director, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Chair, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management

She has worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust since 1993.[4]

Biography

Marx qualified in medicine from the University College London Medical School in 1977.[4] Her surgical house jobs were in the London area and later she completed an arthroplasty training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). She became a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Mary's and St Charles's hospitals with particular interest in early surgical education . In 1993 she became clinical director of the combined A&E, Trauma & Orthopaedics and Rheumatology directorate at Ipswich Hospital.[4]

Later she chaired the LNC, the Medical Staff Committee and was extensively involved in many of the Hospitals groups for governance and new projects. She was elected to RCS Council in 2009. She was elected to the BOA Council and became President of the BOA for 2008-09. She was made Chair of the RCS invited review Mechanism in 2011. In 2013 she became associate Medical Director at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust with a special remit for revalidation and appraisal, and continues in that role having stopped active orthopaedic practice in March 2014. She became President of the College in July 2014 [4] and held this role for 3 years. Dame Clare was Chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management from 2017 - 2018. In 2019 she became Chair of the GMC.[5]

After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the June 2016 referendum, Marx posited in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that Brexit was an opportunity to improve safety standards in the NHS by strengthening medical device legislation and language testing for non-British workers. She felt the European Working Time Directive which restricts working hours in the NHS needed to be relaxed to enable more hours of training.[6][7] The Royal College of Surgeons of England later sent out a press release clarifying that they did not endorse a return to excessive hours for NHS workers.[8]

Honours

• 2007 Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to medicine[9]
• 2008 Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk[10]
• 2016 Honorary degree from the University of Exeter for services to medicine[11]
• 2017 Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI)
• 2018 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to medicine
• 2018 Honorary doctorate (DSc) from the University of Leeds.

References

1. "Clare Lucy MARX - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
2. "First female president elected at the Royal College of Surgeons". Royal College of Surgeons of England. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
3. "Board of Trustees - Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management". www.fmlm.ac.uk.
4. "Council Biographies: President, Clare Marx". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
5. "Dame Clare Marx". Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
6. Bodkin, Henry (17 July 2016). "Brexit will make the NHS safer, top surgeon says". The Daily Telegraph.
7. Marx, Clare (20 July 2016). "Clare Marx: Making the best of Brexit for the NHS". The BMJ.
8. "Working time rules and Brexit". Royal College of Surgeons of England. 18 July 2016.
9. "Birthday Honours List – United Kingdom: CBE". The London Gazette (Supplement). No. 58358. 16 June 2007. p. 8.
10. "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". The London Gazette. No. 58743. 20 June 2008. p. 9305.
11. Robinson, Debbie. "University of Exeter". www.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-29.

External links

• Profile page: Miss Clare Marx, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
• List of staff: Miss Clare Marx, Orthopaedics, Ipswich Hospital