Tim Fooks BSc, MBBS, FRCGP, DCH, DRCOG

Dr Tim Fooks' first (and possibly most important) job in the NHS was as a domestic auxilliary when he was 18. His medical training was at the Royal Free School of Medicine and he qualified in 1986 having obtained a BSc (Hons) in Infection and Immunity in 1984 from St Mary's Hospital Medical School. Dr Fooks worked in paediatrics in East London and then moved to Cambridge to train as a GP. Dr Fooks started as a doctor in Pulborough in 1992, the same year that he achieved the MRCGP qualification, and has retained his interest in Paediatrics. However, he remains interested in all aspects of medicine especially chronic disease such as diabetes and mental health problems.

Between 1999 and 2002 Doctor Fooks was chairman of the local NHS Primary Care Group in Chichester and he sat on the NHS West Sussex board as a clinical member from 2008 to 2010. During all this time he has been involved in developing new services for patients (eg intensive care at home, domiciliary palliative care, sexual health clinic, vasectomy clinic) both for the practice and the wider community. Currently he is clinical lead for West Sussex paediatric care commissioning and the NHS West Sussex clinical representative on the WSCC Children's Trust In the practice, Dr Fooks is responsible for general management, human resources, and patient involvement. He is a GP trainer. Dr Fooks is course organiser for the annual Imperial College Medical School GP education course in London.