Keynote SpeakerMuir Gray

Professor Sir Muir Gray has worked in the Public Health Service Sector, in England since 1972.

Sir Muir is currently an Executive Director of the Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme, Director of The Optimal Ageing Programme, and Founding Director of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). Sir Muir’s work focuses on increasing value for populations and patients by systems design and culture change.

Sir Muir has worked in the Public Health Service in England since 1972. He has carried out a number of tasks in that time including serving as the Director of Research and Development for Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority, establishing and serving as the Director of the UK National Screening Committee, establishing the National Library for Health, serving as the Director of Clinical Knowledge Process and Safety for the English NHS National Programme for IT, serving as the Director of the National Knowledge Service, serving as the Chief Knowledge Officer of the English NHS, serving as the co-Directors of the England Department of Health QIPP Right Care Programme and helping to establish the Cochrane Collaboration with Sir Iain Chalmers. Sir Muir is an internationally renowned authority on healthcare systems and has advised governments of several countries including England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and Germany and regularly delivers plenary sessions at international events.

Sir Muir is also a Professor in the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford and is the Director of the Value Based Healthcare Programme at the University. He was knighted in 2005 for the development of the foetal, maternal and child screening programme and the creation of the National Library for Health.