Tony Blair BT NHS Official Sponsors Steering Group   NHS 50 Anniversary initiatives are supported and co-ordinated by a National Liaison Steering Group. The group is chaired by Professor Michael Schofield and members are drawn from professional bodies including Royal Colleges, the British Medical Association and Unison, the International Hospitals Federation, the Health Education Authority, the NHS Executive, the NHS Confederation, British Dental Association, Royal College of Nursing, patients' interest groups, general practioners, NHS Supplies, NHS Retirement Fellowship, National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends, clinicians and managers from the service and representatives from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. National Steering Group Chairman, Professor Michael Schofield, Chairman, Dorset Community NHS Trust. Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Alan Reid: Director of Corporate Communications Association of Community Health Councils in England and Wales, Toby Harris: Director Association of Directors of Social Services, Roy Taylor: President British Dental Association, J M Hunt: Chief Executive & Secretary British Medical Association Council, Dr Sandy Macara: Chairman Cultural Services Committee, Leeds City Council, Councillor Bernard Atha OBE: Chairman DHSS Northern Ireland, Paul Simpson: Chief Executive Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust, Dr A J Taylor OBE: Chairman, Gwent Health Authority, Hon Lindy Price CBE: Chairman Head of Social Services, Local Government Association Denise Platt CBE Health Education Authority, Seymour Fortescue: Chief executive; Tony Close CBE: Chairman International Hospitals Federation, Bill Darling CBE National Association of Commissioning GPs, Dr Andrew Willis: Chairman National Association of Fundholding Practices, Clive Parr: Chief Executive National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends, Mike Conway The NHS Confederation, Angela Lyons; Jean Trainor: Deputy Chief Executive Lord Hunt of Kings Heath The National Pharmaceutical Association Head of Practice Division: Colette McCreedy Director: John D'Arcy NHS Confederation in Wales, Philip Davies NHS Executive Headquarters, Alasdair Liddell CBE: Director of Planning; Helen McCallum: Head of Communications; Sir William Wells: South Thames Regional Chairman NHS Retirement Fellowship, Roger Titley: Secretary NHS Supplies, Terry Hunt: Chief Executive Northern Health & Social Services Board, Northern Ireland, Robert Hanna CBE.JP: Chairman Patients Association, Cathy Gritzner: General Manager; Claire Rayner: Chair Pennell Initiative Dame Rennie Fritchie DBE: Chair Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Lotte Newman OBE.PRCGP: President Royal College of Midwives, Karlene Davis, General Secretary Royal College of Nursing, Elizabeth Jenkins: Assistant General Secretary Royal College of Physicians of London, Professor KGMM Alberti: President Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Robert Kendell: President; Principal, Somerville College, Oxford, Dame Fiona Caldicott: Past-President Royal College of Radiology, Dr Michael Brindle: President The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Mr John Ferguson OBE: Secretary and Registrar UNISON, Paul Marks: Deputy Head of Health; Rodney Bickerstaffe: General Secretary University of Sheffield Centre of Health & Related Research, Professor Brian Edwards Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Phyllis Cunningham, Chief Executive     Copyright © 1998, NHS