Prof Jacky Hayden CBE

Professor Jacky Hayden is Dean of Postgraduate Medical Studies Health Education England, working across the North West, having led the integration of the two former deaneries.

Her clinical background is in General Practice and she was the first General Practitioner in England to be appointed to the position of postgraduate dean. She was awarded the CBE in 2013 for her services to medical education.

Jacky’s particular area of interest is in the quality management of medical training and she has led the development of medical education metrics nationally.  She was Chair of the Committee of English Deans from 2008-12, was an inaugural member of Medical Education England and vice-chair of COPMED.  In addition she has been a partner and lead visitor for PMETB, and is currently an associate for the GMC and lead visitor for Quality Assurance.

She has also taken an active role in the Royal College of General Practitioners, serving for twenty-seven years on the Council and contributing to the development of standards for general practice. Her work was recognised in 2013 when she was presented with the RCGP Foundation Council Award. She is a member of the Council of the Academy of Medical Educators and has recently been elected as Chair of the North Region of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.  She was awarded an honorary doctorate of science (medicine) of St George’s Hospital Medical School University of London in 2013 and was one of the HSJ’s top fifty inspirational women in health.