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| − | Dr '''Justin Varney''' is a doctor and | + | Dr '''Justin Varney''' is a doctor and public health expert. |
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| + | On qualifying as a doctor he was advised not to become a GP because he was gay.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7872511.stm</ref> | ||
He is a former co-chair of the [[Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists]] (GLADD).<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120223010937/http://gladd.co.uk/page4.htm former GLADD website, as at February 2012, accessed via the [[Web Archive]]</ref> | He is a former co-chair of the [[Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists]] (GLADD).<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120223010937/http://gladd.co.uk/page4.htm former GLADD website, as at February 2012, accessed via the [[Web Archive]]</ref> | ||
| − | From 2006 to 2013 he was consultant in public health medecine at NHS [[Barking and Dagenham]]. In April 2013 he joined the national Health and Wellbeing Directorate of Public Health England. | + | In 2010 there was controversy over items he had written in a blog about his own sexual experiences.<ref>http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/08/28/nhs-sex-health-consultant-banned-from-work-over-explicit-blog-102039-22520952/</ref> |
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| + | From 2006 to 2013 he was consultant in public health medecine at NHS [[Barking and Dagenham]]. | ||
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| + | In 2010 there was controversy over items he had written in a blog about his own sexual experiences.<ref>http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/08/28/nhs-sex-health-consultant-banned-from-work-over-explicit-blog-102039-22520952/</ref> | ||
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| + | In April 2013 he joined the national Health and Wellbeing Directorate of Public Health England. | ||
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Revision as of 09:36, 29 May 2013
Dr Justin Varney is a doctor and public health expert.
On qualifying as a doctor he was advised not to become a GP because he was gay.[1]
He is a former co-chair of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists (GLADD).[2]
In 2010 there was controversy over items he had written in a blog about his own sexual experiences.[3]
From 2006 to 2013 he was consultant in public health medecine at NHS Barking and Dagenham.
In 2010 there was controversy over items he had written in a blog about his own sexual experiences.[4]
In April 2013 he joined the national Health and Wellbeing Directorate of Public Health England.
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References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7872511.stm
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120223010937/http://gladd.co.uk/page4.htm former GLADD website, as at February 2012, accessed via the Web Archive
- ↑ http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/08/28/nhs-sex-health-consultant-banned-from-work-over-explicit-blog-102039-22520952/
- ↑ http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/08/28/nhs-sex-health-consultant-banned-from-work-over-explicit-blog-102039-22520952/
