Jean_Robinson_(health_activist)
Jean Robinson (health activist)
British activist for patient rights
Jean Robinson is a British activist for patient rights. She was the author of the 1988 pamphlet A Patient Voice at the GMC: A Lay Member's View of the General Medical Council, published by Health Rights.[1] She was the chair of the Patients Association from 1973 to 1975.[2] She served as a lay member of the General Medical Council (GMC) in the 1980s.[3] Robinson was appointed a Visiting Professor at the School of Health Sciences of the University of Ulster in 1997.[2]
Robinson and sociologist John L. Anderson hosted an April 1978 episode of the BBC One programme Wordpower about the difficulties of communication with medical professionals.[4] Robinson was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour in August 1974 in a discussion about oral contraceptives.[5]