NHS Education for Scotland
A skilled and sustainable workforce for a healthier Scotland
NHS Education for Scotland
A skilled and sustainable workforce for a healthier Scotland
Alastair (Ally) Boyle MBE biography:
Alastair (Ally) Boyle MBE has been involved in protecting the public for all of his career.
He retired from the Fire and Rescue Service in 2014 having held many senior positions across the West of Scotland. Prior to the reform of Scottish Fire & Rescue Services he was the Head of Community Safety for Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and a member of the Corporate Management Team.
Ally has a particular expertise in Prevention, Involvement and Partnership working and is passionate about early intervention and reducing inequalities. He has a strong conviction on the considerable benefits of whole system working and that the best solutions are developed with those delivering and receiving services.
Ally was diagnosed with a blood cancer in 2008 and, as a result of this diagnosis, he established a partnership between the Fire and Rescue Service and the charity Anthony Nolan. The partnership has volunteers across Scotland who go to secondary schools to educate young people about stem cell, blood and organ donation and recruit them to the stem cell register. Ally is also a Trustee of Blood Cancer UK and a volunteer for Cancer Research UK where he co-chairs a Patient and Public Involvement panel and represents the patient voice on two research funding committees. In 2018 Ally was awarded an MBE for services to Charity.
Ally is also a Non-Executive Director for NHS Lanarkshire Board where he Chairs both the Remuneration and the Population Health, Primary Care and Community Services Committees.
