March/April 2004
People

Diabetes champion continues health role

Mohan Mistry, who is a member of the Access and Widening Participation Team, has been re-appointed as a non-executive director of Bradford South & West Primary Care Trust (PCT).

As a board member he will help to oversee the development of a wide range of services for around 150,000 people living in the PCT's area and an NHS budget of £142.6 million.

The Trust is currently responsible for 23 GP practices, 11 opticians, 17 dentists and 25 pharmacists as well as a wide range of community nursing and other services. Mohan is currently finishing work on the 'Reaching Higher' project aimed at encouraging people who are homeless, or who have experienced homelessness, to get into university studies.

Mohan said: "I'm delighted to be able to carry on this work. The position complements my work here at the University - but also my role here helps me to take more experience into the public health field."

Outside work, Mohan Mistry is a volunteer for an Asian pensioners' helpline, enabling people with diabetes to manage their condition in the community and, where necessary, access the right NHS services.

As diabetes "champion" for the PCT, Mr Mistry has worked with a group looking at the management of diabetes in south and west Bradford. He is also a volunteer for the Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope.

16 April 2004

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