Martin Marshall CBE (born 2 September 1961) is a British medical academic and a general practitioner. He was chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from 2019 until 2022. [1] He works as a GP in Newham, East London. [2]
He was appointed as a deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England in March 2006, [3] In late 2007 he left this post and was director of clinical quality of the Health Foundation. [4]
In October 2016 he was elected as the RCGP's Vice Chair for External Affairs. [5] In July 2019, he became the Chair elect of the RCGP council, to succeed Helen Stokes-Lampard. [6] In November 2019 he took up role of Chair of RCGP for a three year term. [7] He also holds a Professorship in Health Care Improvement at University College London. [8]
Marshall was also a 1998-1999 Harkness Fellow, spending a year researching health policy in the United States. [9]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to healthcare in the 2005 Birthday Honours. [10]
He received the John Fry Award and the James MacKenzie Award, from the Royal College of General Practitioners for contribution to research, in 2005 and 2008 respectively. [11]
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