Martin Marshall (born 2 September 1961) is a British medical academic and a general practitioner. He is chair of the

Royal College of General Practitioners The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/ Family Physicians/ Primary Care Physicians) in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including ...

(RCGP). He works as a GP in

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, East London.

Career

He was appointed as a deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England in March 2006, In late 2007 he left this post and was director of clinical quality of the

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. In October 2016 he was elected as the RCGP's Vice Chair for External Affairs. In July 2019, he became the Chair elect of the RCGP council, to succeed Helen Stokes-Lampard. In November 2019 he took up role of Chair of RCGP for a three year term. He also holds a Professorship in Health Care Improvement at

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. Marshall was also a 1998-1999

Harkness Fellow The Harkness Fellowship (previously known as the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship) is a program run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. This fellowship was established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several coun ...

, spending a year researching health policy in the United States.

Awards and honours

He was appointed a

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(CBE) for services to healthcare in the 2005 Birthday Honours. 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.

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