Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)
Encyclopedia
The Surgeon-General is the senior medical officer of the British Armed Forces
; the post is held by the senior of the three individual service medical directors.
The Surgeon General (SG) is clinical director of the DMSD which is the headquarters for the Defence Medical Services
. It is a Joint Service organisation with personnel from all three services and Ministry of Defence
Civil Servants working together to ensure “Provision of strategic direction to the Defence Medical Services to ensure coherent delivery of all medical outputs".
The current Surgeon-General is Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip I Raffaelli
.
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
; the post is held by the senior of the three individual service medical directors.
The Surgeon General (SG) is clinical director of the DMSD which is the headquarters for the Defence Medical Services
Defence Medical Services
The Defence Medical Services are an umbrella organisation within the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom, which organises all medical, dental and nursing services within the British Armed Forces.-Structure:...
. It is a Joint Service organisation with personnel from all three services and Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
Civil Servants working together to ensure “Provision of strategic direction to the Defence Medical Services to ensure coherent delivery of all medical outputs".
The current Surgeon-General is Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip I Raffaelli
Philip Raffaelli
Surgeon Vice-Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli QHP FRCP is a British general practitioner and the current Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces.-Military career:...
.
List of Surgeons-General (1990-present)
- Air Marshal Sir Nigel MillsNigel Mills (RAF officer)Air Marshal Sir Nigel Holroyd Mills KBE QHP FRCGP FRCP was a British military doctor, Surgeon General, 1990–1991, and Director General Medical Services , 1987–1991....
(1990-1991) - Lieutenant-General Peter BealePeter Beale (British Army officer)Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Beale KBE was the Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces, 1991-4. He also served as the Chief Medical Adviser to the British Red Cross from 1994 to 2000.His son is the British actor, Simon Russell Beale, CBE.-References:...
(1991-1994). - Surgeon Vice-Admiral Anthony RevellAnthony RevellSurgeon Vice-Admiral Anthony Revell CB FRCA is a retired British Royal Navy medical officer and Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces from 1994 to 1997.-References:...
(1994-1997) - Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
John BairdJohn Baird (RAF officer)Air Marshal Sir John Baird, KBE, DL, FRCPE is a British physician and a retired Royal Air Force medical officer who served as Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces between 1997 and 2000.-References:...
(1997-2000) - Lieutenant-General Robert MenziesRobert Menzies (British Army officer)Lieutenant-General Robert Menzies CB OBE is a retired British Army medical officer and Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces between 2000 and 2002.-References:...
(2000-2002) - Surgeon Vice-Admiral Ian Jenkins (2002-2006)
- Lieutenant-General Louis LillywhiteLouis LillywhiteLieutenant-General Louis Patrick Lillywhite, CB, MBE, QHP is a British Army physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009.-Background:...
(2006-2009) - Surgeon Vice-Admiral Philip RaffaelliPhilip RaffaelliSurgeon Vice-Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli QHP FRCP is a British general practitioner and the current Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces.-Military career:...
(2009-)
External links
- "The emerging office of the Surgeon General", Lieutenant Colonel Robert L Pearce, Australian Defence ForceAustralian Defence ForceThe Australian Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy , Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units...
Health Journal, April 2002