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From geography degree to NHS management

This is this first in a new series looking at the range of careers a geography degree can prepare you for. Sir Andrew Dillon, chief executive of NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) talks about management in the NHS — and the importance of maps

It was my friend Lyn who suggested I should work in the NHS. It was early 1975, our finals were in a few months and I didn’t have any firm plans.

I’d decided that I didn’t want to do town and country planning, or study for a higher degree, like many of my fellow students. I thought some kind of management job was probably best, though looking back, quite why I thought I knew anything about management is a bit of a mystery.

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