Major General Timothy John Hodgetts, CB, CBE, KHS, DL is a senior British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as head of the Army Medical Services (2018–2021) and then as Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces (2021–2024).
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1983–present |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Army Medical Services |
| Commands | Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces |
| Battles / wars | The Troubles Kosovo War Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Military career
editEducated at the Westminster Hospital Medical School, Hodgetts was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1983.[1] His early career was spent as a general physician.[2] In 1991, he was serving a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when the IRA bombed the military hospital that he was working at; he served as medical commander for the incident and used his experience to later create the Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) program for responding to multiple casualty incidents.[3] He was posted to Kosovo in 1999 as an emergency medicine specialist in a field hospital and also working with the local civilian hospital in Pristina to bring up their emergency department to British best practice standard.[3]
Hodgetts undertook four tours of Iraq and three tours of Afghanistan.[3] This included serving as the medical director at the multinational hospital in Afghanistan in 2009.[1] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours,[4] He became medical director for NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2011,[1] serving until 2013.[2]
Hodgetts was appointed medical director for the Defence Medical Services in 2014, and then head of the Army Medical Services in 2018.[1] He was appointed Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces in May 2021.[5] In December 2021, he additionally became chairman of NATO's Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS).[6][3] He was appointed to the honorary post of Master General Army Medical Services on 1 January 2022.[7] In the 2023 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[8] In May 2024, he was succeeded as surgeon general by Philip McNee.[9]
He is a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Major General Tim Hodgetts" (PDF). NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Army doctor Major General Timothy Hodgetts visits Aston Medical School to talk to students". www.aston.ac.uk. Aston University. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d ""… be bold and challenge the status quo because it can lead to profound change…"". military-medicine.com. 10 December 2023.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 63358". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 2021. p. 9308.
- ^ "The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Major General Timothy Hodgetts". military-medicine.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "No. 63576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 2022. p. 23984.
- ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.
- ^ "Announcement of Brigadier Philip McNee as Surgeon General". GOV.UK. Strategic Command. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Major General Timothy Hodgetts CBE KHS DL". West Midlands Lieutenancy. Retrieved 31 May 2023.