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Richard John Martin Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge (born 20 January 1959), is a British physician, senior

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officer, and

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. Having joined the RAF in 1981, he rose to serve as Director of Healthcare Delivery and Training,

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from 2014 to 2018 and acting

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in 2017. He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 5 February 2018, and succeeded his father as Baron Broadbridge in 2020. Broadbridge's commission in the RAF was terminated on 30 October 2024.

Honours

On 18 September 2009, Broadbridge was made Honorary Surgeon to The Queen (QHS). In 2014, he was admitted as a Member of the

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He was appointed a

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(CB) in the

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Arms

References

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