Bob Sang (27 March 1948 – 5 June 2009) was appointed by

London South Bank University London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London. It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1892 as the Borough Po ...

as the UK's first professor of

patient and public involvement Public involvement (or public and patient involvement, PPI) in medical research refers to the practice where people with health conditions (patients), carers and members of the public work together with researchers and influence what is research ...

in 2006. He had also been a visiting fellow at

CENTRIM The Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM), at University of Brighton, was a multidisciplinary research group that originated in the 1980s. CENTRIM offered a postgraduate student program, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and a ra ...

. He was educated 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 ...

but failed his chemistry degree there. He later returned to studying and completed a public administration degree at the

University of Sussex The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...

. He was a pioneer of the idea of involving patients, service users and the public in health and social care, describing himself as a 'constructive subversive'. Sang was a prolific networker and writer, contributing articles to journals including ''Health Policy Insight'', ''British Journal of Healthcare Management'', the ''Journal of Integrated Care'' and the ''

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''. Following a career which combined academia, research and working in mental health, he established his own independent consultancy, Sang Jacobsson. His work through Sang Jacobsson included mentoring, training, policy work, facilitation and analysis, and was mainly for clients in the NHS and the UK health economy. Sang was the co-founder with Jane Keep of the Engaging Communities Learning Network for the National Association of Primary and Care Trusts (NatPaCT), which was part of the now-closed

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. The Engaging Communities Learning Network was designed to help NHS

primary care trust Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013. PCTs were largely administrative bodies, responsible for commissioning primary, community and secondary health services from providers. Until 31 May ...

s (PCTs) share good practice and learning about patient and public involvement and engagement. He provided professional supervision to the ground-breaking Health Foundation Leadership Fellows Scheme which over five years directly involved patients and users in the leadership development of 64 NHS clinicians and managers. He died of

acute pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas. Causes include a gallstone impacted in the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct, heavy alcohol use, systemic disease, trauma, elevated calcium levels, hypertriglyceridemia (w ...

on 5 June 2009.

References

External links

Health Foundation obituary

Article by Bob Sang on commissioning

In Memoriam Bob Sang, CENTRIM, University of Sussex

Kate Hall of the ''Health Service Journal'' remembers Bob Sang

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