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Professor Dr Andrew Rowland OBE CF FRCPCH's Recognition (44)

Officer for Child Protection (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)
2023

Recognition Type Committee/board/panel member or chair (external)
Description Officer for Child Protection at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Affiliated Organisations #1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Org Units School of Health & Society
URL https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/news/professor-andrew-rowland-appointed-rcpch-officer-child-protection#:~:text=Professor%20Andrew%20Rowland%20appointed%20RCPCH%20Officer%20for%20Child%20Protection,-7%20March%202023&text=Professor%20Rowland%20is%20Cons

Gold Decoration of Honour from the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes | European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
2019 - 2019

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)
Description The award
The decoration of honour in gold or silver of the UEMS is an extraordinary honour. It is granted to a medical doctor, who is adjudged to have made extraordinary contributions to the work and development of UEMS or in recognition of outstanding achievements for the benefit of the medical profession...

The UEMS awards will be awarded to colleagues who significantly contributed to the UEMS objectives. These objectives are:

The study, promotion and harmonisation of the highest level of training of the medical specialists, medical practice and health care within the European Union [EU];
The study and promotion of free movement of specialist doctors within the EU;
The representation, within this framework of the medical specialist profession in the Member States of the EU, to EU authorities and any other authority and/or organisation dealing with questions directly or indirectly concerning the medical profession, and any action which might further the achievement of the aforementioned objectives.
The defence of the professional interests of European Medical Specialists.

The nomination
Following the UK’s decision, in June 2016, to leave the EU, the BMA’s ongoing membership of UEMS and several other pan-European organisations became uncertain. Being fully cognisant of the mutually beneficial nature of this relationship, Professor Rowland worked tirelessly, and at a great personal sacrifice over many months, with UEMS’ membership and Executive to secure support for the BMA’s ongoing full membership of the organisation. This work was rewarded at the UEMS Council Spring 2018 meeting where delegates unanimously confirmed the BMA’s ongoing full membership, allowing the organisation to focus on its core business of improving standards in medical education and training across Europe.

With UEMS being the first EMO (European medical organisation) to resolve this issue, its pragmatic approach, developed and advocated for by Professor Rowland, to doing so is viewed as exemplary by key stakeholders across the European health sector; thereby providing the UEMS with a significant reputational boost within the EU institutions at a key juncture for the organisation. Recognising that the domestic impact of Brexit threatens the UK’s ability to play a full and constructive role in UEMS business, thereby potentially negating the positive decision to secure the BMA’s full membership of the UEMS, Professor Rowland has undertaken a huge amount of work to ensure that the relevant UK bodies are aware of the mutual benefits accruing via UEMS membership and engage appropriately with the organisation. Accordingly, he has been instrumental in developing a “pre-meet” – one of only two such meetings carried out by national delegations – for UK representatives to the UEMS’ Sections & Boards ahead of each UEMS Council meeting. These meetings ensure that the UK delegation to Council is fully informed and can play a productive role in Council business, not least the debates around the approval of ETRs (European Training Requirements). In addition, and in order to ensure that the relevant medical specialists are involved in this work, Professor Rowland was instrumental in the drafting and implementation (from August 2018) of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges – the coordinating body for the 24 medical specialist organisations recognized in the UK. Finally, and in order to bookend his efforts to ensure the ongoing productive involvement of UK medical specialists within UEMS, Professor Rowland and the BMA will be hosting the Autumn 2019 Council meeting on 18 & 19 October 2019 in London. The significance of holding the event in the UK’s capital less than 2 weeks before (accurate at the time of writing) the country is scheduled to leave the EU, cannot be overestimated. It will send a clear message to politicians and stakeholders, on both sides of the channel: neither Brexit, nor any other political event, will prevent UEMS from working in unison to improve specialist healthcare across Europe.
Affiliated Organisations #1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Org Units School of Health & Society
URL https://www.ncaresearch.org.uk/news/gold-decoration-of-honour-for-consultant/

The Association Medal of the British Medical Association
2017 - 2017

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)
Description The award
It is with great pleasure that the UK Council of the British Medical Association [BMA] awards you, Dr Andrew Rowland, the Association Medal in recognition of your distinguished service to the association and your contribution to medicine. Andrew Rowland, you have been a positive influence and supporter to doctors within the medical profession for many years. You have consistently championed good practice with regards to terms and conditions of service at a junior doctor and consultant level, locally, regionally and nationally. Your contribution to the BMA has been extensive and includes the following roles: junior doctors committee as deputy chair for terms and conditions of service and negotiation, consultants committee as a member of the executive and the negotiating reference group during a very difficult phase for the consultant contract negotiation; BMA council member, international committee as a representative to multiple European conferences and organisations (and previously as the Permanent Working Group of European Doctors (PWG) representative for JDC [Junior Doctors Committee]). To each of these committees and bodies you have and bodies, you have brought the benefit of your intellect, breadth of knowledge and eye for detail, and this has been recognised by those you have worked with. You were deservedly awarded an honorary professorship in 2015 due to the value with which your work into child advocacy and safeguarding is held in your local area as well as nationally. In 2014 you were awarded a Fellowship with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and undertook to investigate the impact of mandatory reporting of child abuse, the work of children's advocacy centres and learn about strategies used to identify children at risk of child sexual exploitation and trafficking. Your detailed knowledge on the subject and your active role in the association on safeguarding vulnerable children policy has been invaluable. Dr Rowland, your commitment and dedication in helping to drive forward the work of the BMA has been commendable. We testify to your achievements in conferring upon you the Association Medal.

The nomination
Professor Andrew Rowland... has been a member of the BMA for over 16 years and has consistently championed good practice with regards to terms and conditions of service... locally, regionally and nationally. His contribution to the BMA has been extensive... To each of these commitments he has brought the benefits of his intellect, breadth of knowledge and eye for detail, and this has been recognised by everyone he has worked with. Within his Trust, Andrew was LNC [Local Negotiating Committee] chair and is now a deputy medical director. His job as a consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine was created for him due to his reputation and good standing, and due to his Trust seeing his value to the profession in his local area. He was awarded an honorary professorship in 2015 due to the value with which his work into child advocacy and safeguarding is held in his local area as well as nationally. In 2014 he was awarded a Fellowship with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and undertook to investigate the impact of mandatory reporting of child abuse, the work of children's advocacy centres and learn about the strategies used to identify children at risk of child sexual exploitation and trafficking. This work took place over a year and took Andrew to five different countries gathering evidence and writing his report "Living on a Railway Line". This comprehensive report included ten key recommendations and... shortly after the report was finalised the propositions for legislative change were fed into a UK [United Kingdom] government consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse. There were also several motions proposed to the BMA which resulted in the association changing its national policy on safeguarding vulnerable children.
Affiliated Organisations #1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Org Units School of Health & Society
URL https://news-archive.salford.ac.uk/news/articles/2017/emergency-medicine-consultant-honoured-by-bma.html

OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
2025

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)

Doctor of the year, Division of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
2013 - 2013

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)
Description Dr Rowland is an inspirational mentor and teacher with a wealth of knowledge about the law and procedures designed to protect children from significant harm. He is a passionate and sensitive advocate for children, always having the welfare of the child at his paramount consideration. He is a valued colleague who has contributed to the operational and strategic direction of the organisation, challenging and supporting of initiatives which protect children from harm.
Affiliated Organisations Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Org Units School of Health & Society

Travel Scholarship from the County Durham Health Authority
2000 - 2000

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)
Affiliated Organisations #1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED
Org Units School of Health & Society

Student prize from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
2000 - 2000

Recognition Type Awards and prizes (external)
Affiliated Organisations #1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED
Org Units School of Health & Society