Thomas Andrews Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked on international policy issues such as Brexit, international trade deals and policies around international registrations of nurses and midwives.
• Led on development of internal position on conversion therapy, working with a cross-organisation working group to ensure a robust approach for a sensitive issue.
• Led on review of policy around international qualifications, producing discussion papers, conducting interviews, and drafting project scopes for consideration
• Drafted responses to numerous consultations, including on the Government's proposed new trade deals, conversion therapy, to the Migration Advisory Committee and to select committees.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Administered BA courses in the Faculty of Arts and postgraduate education in the Department of Medicine
• Successfully organised rotations for the year for 20 doctors from various specialty training programmes across numerous hospitals, fulfilling requirements of each course
• Arranged weekly lectures and recorded attendance
• Worked with examiners to process interviews and admissions for two courses
• Main point of contact for student queries on all aspects of their course administration

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Led a small team supporting the Infectious Diseases division, managing staff and approving leave
• Responsibility for processing finance forms and invoices for general office procurement and management of the Infectious Diseases division, and for doctors' salaries
• Managed the recruitment of permanent and agency staff in conjunction with HR

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Frost desk support for the UBC counselling services, providing information and arranging appointments for students, empathetically working with students to ensure timely access to services
• Worked flexibly across two sites as required by staffing needs, ensuring secure closing of sites at the end of the day

London, United Kingdom

• Provided policy advice and support to a range of BMA committees, with a particular focus on the consultants committee
• Conducted research and analysis to produce policy papers and briefing for consideration by committees
• Provided high level advice and support to senior elected representatives and worked closely with them to prepare agendas for committee meetings
• Organised the annual conference of the consultants committee, overseeing the production of the agenda and the submission of motions to be debated
• Liaised with committee secretaries, regional staff and chairs of committees to prepare for meetings, prepare committee updates and papers
• Produced accurate minutes of meetings, often covering highly complex issues such as detailed contract discussions, for a variety of committees

London, United Kingdom

• Led on committees covering professional fees, civil and public services and forensic and secure environments
• Led on a review of arrangements for the Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee, including engagement with internal and external stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

• Conducted research for and drafted a major policy report on the use of analgesics in chronic pain and palliative care
• Wrote a briefing paper for the BMA's board of science on the effects of austerity and welfare reform on health inequalities
• Supported the BMA's annual research grants, including advertising the grants to external organisations and identifying and contacting academic experts to act as independent assessors

London, England, United Kingdom

• Drafted responses for ministerial and public correspondence, explaining complex policy issues in plain English
• Deputised for line manager, monitoring team performance and managing workloads and ensuring that all deadlines were met
• Commissioned the latest information from policy colleagues and ensured that tight deadlines were adhered to for responding to members of the public and MPs
• Kept up-to-date with latest policy development and ensured that database of Departmental policy positions reflects these
• Prepared the correspondence unit for the 2015 general election by analysing party positions on health and preparing lines to take

London, United Kingdom

• Managed the logging and analysis of responses received to a major government consultation on updates to the Department of Health’s mandate to NHS England
• Analysed and summarised responses received from stakeholders and the public during consultation process and updated database of responses received and fed back results to decision makers
• Arranging video conferences and webinars with key stakeholders
• Updated easy-read accessible versions of the NHS Mandate

London, United Kingdom

• Member of a small project team responsible for developing the science and engineering profession, contributing to the production of a major report into the profession’s future that was received positively by the Head.
• Led on development of a careers advice leaflet and career profiles for use by members of the profession
• Collected and analysed evidence from workshops and interviews from across the Civil Service and fed back conclusions to team and wider colleagues
• Engaged and collaborated with numerous departments, senior officials and their offices to arrange workshops, interviews and meetings
• Travelled around the UK to meet with stakeholders and conduct workshops
• Organised the annual Government Science and Engineering Conference, with particular responsibility for managing attendees list, liaising with the conference centre and acting as main point of contact for exhibitors