A surgeon who led colleagues through the coronavirus pandemic and has been at the heart of plans to reform the health service is stepping down from a high profile role.
Professor Mark Taylor is stepping down after five years as the Northern Ireland Director of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Professor Taylor, an hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgeon, was one of a host of leading medics who pushed for an end to the political deadlock at Stormont to focus on the health service in 2019 and, again, during the ongoing crisis.
