Abstract
Mr Leslie Paine MA (Oxon), OBE Formerly House Governor of the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital (1963–1985)
Highlights
Leslie Paine, who has died aged 92, was, among other things, a wartime pilot who won the Russian Federation’s Ushanov Medal and Arctic Star, a distinguished rugby player, a prolific writer on health services organisation and a highly respected psychiatric hospital administrator. He was hospital administrator and later House Governor to the Joint Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital for more than 20 years. He epitomised a generation of health service managers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure doctors were left alone to exercise clinical skills and do the best for their patients in the most favourable conditions
When he was first appointed, the Joint Hospital already enjoyed the reputation for the sound treatment of in-patients amid comfortable surroundings
The complex system was regulated by a committee with input from both the Institute and the Joint Hospital, but the essential requirement for success was a positive attitude of good will and mutual trust
Summary
Mr Leslie Paine MA (Oxon), OBE Formerly House Governor of the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital (1963-1985) Leslie Paine (or Nicky as he was widely known), who has died aged 92, was, among other things, a wartime pilot who won the Russian Federation’s Ushanov Medal and Arctic Star, a distinguished rugby player, a prolific writer on health services organisation and a highly respected psychiatric hospital administrator. He was hospital administrator and later House Governor to the Joint Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital for more than 20 years.
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