{"id":296638,"date":"2025-07-27T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296638\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:33:09","slug":"health-boss-bestowed-honorary-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296638\/","title":{"rendered":"Health boss bestowed honorary doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tBIRMINGHAM Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust top boss has been bestowed an honorary doctorate from Aston University.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Boazman, who has been chief executive at the NHS Trust since April 2023, received the honour for his contributions to healthcare.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt is a genuine privilege to receive this honour from such a world leading institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur organisation continues to work closely together around research, innovation and recruitment. It was wonderful to see many there who will go on to become our future leaders and practitioners in healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that the health of this generation and future generations can hold much hope in the transformation of our health care services because of the skills, knowledge and talent that is coming from Aston University.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matthew joined Birmingham Children\u2019s Hospital in 2013 as Director of Strategy and planning before becoming chief officer for Strategy and Innovation in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He is a passionate advocate for women\u2019s and children\u2019s health and committed to reducing inequalities within communities across the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Professor Aleks Subic, vice-chancellor and chief executive of Aston University said: \u201cMatthew Boazman has had a significant impact on building a comprehensive relationship with Aston University over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strategic partnership has resulted in joint research projects, student placements and co-investments in joint staff and facilities. He was also instrumental in creating clinical opportunities for Aston medical students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe award of an honorary doctorate from Aston University recognises Matthew\u2019s sustained contributions to advancing health research and education, as well as clinical practice and health outcomes for our diverse communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; BIRMINGHAM Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust top boss has been bestowed an honorary doctorate from Aston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-296638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114926872459111767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}