03 Profile
Who Dr Bernie Marden is
Dr Bernie Marden is the Joint Chief Medical Officer of the BSW, Dorset and Somerset Integrated Care Boards, which are working together as a cluster. He is a neonatal paediatrician by background.
He qualified in London in 1992 and was appointed Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath in 2004. At the RUH he was the first Divisional Director for Women and Children and became Medical Director in 2017. He joined NHS Somerset ICB as Chief Medical Officer in September 2022.
He holds a Master's in medical law and ethics. His published profiles say he leads on system-wide clinical and care professional leadership, population health and health inequalities. He has argued for moving innovation and service design closer to communities and primary care.
He has also been quoted on stroke services in Somerset and Dorset, including a pre-hospital video triage system.
Notable achievements
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Appointed Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist at the Royal United Hospital, Bath in 2004, and became its Medical Director in 2017 Source ↗
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Was the first Divisional Director for Women and Children at the RUH, paving the way for maternity services to be brought into the organisation Source ↗
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Served as senior responsible officer for the shared electronic health record programme of the BSW Acute Hospitals Alliance Source ↗
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Has served as Chair of the South West Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network Source ↗
- 05
Was clinical lead for the project to design and build the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the RUH Source ↗
- 06
Appointed to the new cluster executive team as Chief Medical Officer across BSW, Dorset and Somerset ICBs Source ↗
