Hirst, Fred

Born Blackpool, England 29 Dec 1944

Educated at Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset, and at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School and London University

HS / HP, St Alban's City Hospital, Hertfordshire 1969-1970

SHO and Registrar Geriatric Medicine, Withington Hospital, Sth Manchester 1971-1973

SHO Medicine, Crumpsall Hospital, Nth Manchester 1973-1974

Medical Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1974

Admitting Medical Officer (medical patients), A&E Department, Wellington Hospital 1974-1975

General Practitioner, Paraparaumu Beach and Visiting MO, Paraparaumu Geriatric Hospital 1975-1979

Clinical Assistant, Geriatric and Psychogeriatric Medicine, Manor Park Hospital, Bristol 1979-1981

Senior Registrar, Geriatric Medicine, Bristol General Hospital 1981-1982

Specialist Physician in Geriatric Medicine, MidCentral DHB 1982-current

Clinical Director, Services for the Elderly, MidCentral DHB 1991-2005

President, NZ Geriatrics Society 1988-1991

ANZSGM representative on Ministerial reference group which reviewed the '2007 amendments to the PPPR Act 1988'; 2012 - 2014.  The resulting 'Statutes Amendment Act 2016 amending the PPPR Act 1988' came into force in March 2017 primarily strengthening/ improving the Enduring Powers of Attorney legislation.

NLP Master Practitioner 2000

Communication skills presenter/trainer 2000 - 2017

Trustee on Board of Arohanui Hospice, Palmerston North, 2012 - present

photograph courtesy Fred Hirst