Amanda Caroline Howe is a

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

medical doctor who worked as a

general practitioner A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who is a Consultant (medicine), consultant in general practice. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in providing whole person medical care, whilst managing the complexity, uncertainty and risk ass ...

(GP) and is an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

. She is a former President of the

Royal College of General Practitioners The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/ Family Physicians/ Primary Care Physicians) in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including ...

(RCGP) 2019—2021 and a former President of the

World Organization of Family Doctors The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is a global not-for-profit professional organization representing family physicians and general practitioners from all regions of the world. WONCA's mission is to improve the quality of life of the ...

(WONCA) 2016—2018.

Early career

She studied at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

and

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

. Since her graduation in 1984, Howe has worked as a GP. She was a partner at the Foxhill Medical Centre in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

between the years of 1984–2001. She later practised one day a week at the Bowthorpe Medical Centre in Norwich, England.

Academic medicine

In 1992, Howe became a lecturer. In 2001, as

Norwich Medical School Norwich Medical School is a medical school based at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England. It is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health sciences at the university. The first intake of students was in 2002. The school has a 5-year ...

was being established, Howe became a Professor of Primary Care at the

. At the RCGP, Howe was Chair of Research from 2000−2005. She was chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care from 2007–2010. She was elected RCGP Honorary Secretary in 2009. She became a vice-chair of RCGP council in 2013 and following this led on professional development, continuing her work as chairwoman of the RCGP workforce committee. In June 2013, Howe was elected as President-elect of WONCA and in 2016 became the first woman to be President of WONCA. In June 2019, she was elected president of the RCGP, taking over from Mayur Lakhani in November 2019 for a two-year term. In 2022, she became an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia.

Awards and honours

She is a fellow of the RCGP and the

Academy of Medical Sciences The Academy of Medical Sciences is an organisation established in the UK in 1998. It is one of the four UK National Academy, National Academies, the others being the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. Its ...

. She was awarded the Eric Elder medal in 2014 by the

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners The Royal New Zealand College Of General Practitioners (the College) is a professional body and postgraduate educational institute that sets standards for general practice in New Zealand, providing research, assessment, ongoing education, advo ...

. She was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(OBE) in the

2016 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2016 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...

for services to primary care.

References

External links

profile
at University of East Anglia {{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Amanda Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of London Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Academics of the University of East Anglia 20th-century English medical doctors 21st-century English medical doctors British general practitioners Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners Officers of the Order of the British Empire