Ruth Runciman
Dame Ruth Runciman DBE (born 9 January 1936) is a former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission.
She is the wife of British sociologist Garry Runciman, as such she can be styled as Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, a title she does not use. Her son David is a political scientist and writer. She served for more than three decades with the Citizens Advice Bureau and made significant contributions to work on drug misuse,[1] for which she was awarded the OBE in 1991, which was later elevated to DBE.[2]
Ruth Runciman was an early trustee of the National AIDS Trust (now known as NAT), and served as its Chair from 2000 to 2006. She was a founder of the Prison Reform Trust in 1981. She was responsible for setting up a full-time Citizens' Advice Bureau in Wormwood Scrubs, the first full-time independent advice agency in any prison. She was also a Trustee of the Pilgrim Trust.[3] The University of Central Lancashire conferred an Honorary Fellowship on Dame Ruth Runciman at an Awards Ceremony in 2000.[4]
She was Chair of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust for more than ten years, retiring at the end of 2013.[5]
References
- ^ "Drugs and the Law: 'REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971" (PDF). The Police Foundation. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours 1998". The Independent. 12 June 1998.
- ^ "Truestees' Report and Accounts" (PDF). The Pilgrim Trust.
- ^ "Honorary Fellows 1992-2009 Fellows". The University of Central Lancashire.
- ^ "New chair for NHS Foundation Trust who will overlook centres in Milton Keynes". MK Web. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
External links
- Profile BBC.co.uk; accessed 12 July 2014.
- Parliament publications #1; accessed 12 July 2014.
- Parliament publications #2; accessed 12 July 2014.
- Central and North West London Mental Health Trust, cnwl.org; accessed 12 July 2014.
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