Rural GP appointed PHO Chair

Rural GP appointed PHO Chair

Dr Lorna Martin has been appointed Chair of the Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation (RCPHO) effective from 27 September 2016.

Dr Martin brings decades of experience in the Canterbury Health System, particularly in rural health since the late 1980s.

She is a practicing GP in the small rural town of Rangiora and has held a position on the Rural Canterbury PHO Board for four years.

Dr Martin is a distinguished Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.

She is also a member of the Canterbury Clinical Network Alliance Leadership Team.

Rural Canterbury PHO Acting Chair, Peter Allen welcomes the news.

“Dr Martin has been a valuable and committed member of the Board for many years.

“I have absolutely no doubt that she will very effectively lead Rural Canterbury PHO in its mission to bring the rural voice to issues facing primary health care in her new role as Chair.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the enormous contribution Allan Marriott has made over the past nine years.”

Allan Marriott stepped down for personal reasons this year after three terms as Chair.

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