Tim Briggs

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, GIRFT Chair

Chair of GIRFT and NHS England National Director for Clinical Improvement and Elective Recovery

Chair and National Lead of the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) and Honorary Colonel of 202 (Midlands) Field Hospital RAMC

Tim is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and was appointed National Director for Clinical Improvement and Elective Recovery for NHS England in November 2022. He is Chair of the GIRFT programme and leads the roll out of GIRFT methodology across all surgical and medical specialties.

Tim was appointed to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital as a consultant in 1992. His specialist interests are in orthopaedic oncology as well as surgery to the hip and knee. He was medical director at the RNOH for 15 years, ensuring a re-build, and was president of the British Orthopaedic Association in 2014.

He is also chair and national lead of the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) and Honorary Colonel of 202 (Midlands) Field Hospital RAMC.

He was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List for services to the surgical profession.

Ian Gargan

Chief Executive Officer, PHIN

Dr Ian Gargan joined PHIN as Chief Executive in September 2022. Under his leadership, the organisation has undergone significant transformation and progress.

Driven by his mantra "Serve the patient, support the stakeholder, deliver the Order," Dr Ian Gargan leads PHIN with laser-like focus. The main mission of PHIN remains simple yet crucial: to serve the patient by providing them with valuable insights and data, empowering them to make informed decisions and choose the best healthcare options for their needs.

Under Dr Gargan's guidance, PHIN has embraced its role as a pivotal player in the healthcare industry. With data informing best practice, PHIN aims to create a positive impact, ensuring transparency and efficiency within the private healthcare sector.

With his extensive background as a medical doctor and qualified psychologist, Dr Gargan brings a unique perspective to the table, combining medical expertise with a data-driven approach. This combination of skills has proven invaluable in leading organisations focused on improving patient outcomes in both public and private healthcare.

As the Chief Executive, Dr Gargan is committed to advancing PHIN's objectives, working closely with stakeholders and partners to foster collaboration and achieve collective success. PHIN’s dedication to delivering on the CMA's Order underscores its commitment to driving change and raising the standards of private healthcare services.

Under Dr Ian Gargan's leadership, PHIN is poised to make significant strides in its mission to serve the patient, ensuring that individuals have access to the necessary information and support to make well-informed decisions about their healthcare journey. With a vision for a transparent and patient-centred private healthcare landscape, PHIN continues to be a driving force in transforming the healthcare experience for the better. 

Ian McNab

Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals, BOA Hon Treasurer

Ian McNab trained at the London Hospital Medical College and then as an SHO in London, Sussex and Oxford. His higher orthopaedic surgical training was on the Pott rotation, based on St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospitals. It spanned the transition to SpR training and I was ‘the last SR’! I undertook my hand and upper limb fellowship training in Oxford and then during a year in Melbourne.

He was appointed in 2000 as a Consultant Hand Surgeon at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust. He works in an excellent integrated team of seven T&O and Plastics hand consultants and closely with my other T&O colleagues, providing emergency care at our Regional Hand Trauma Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, and planned and reconstructive surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

He has a keen interest in teaching as an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the University of Oxford and at Wadham College. He is Head of the Oxford Hand Fellowship Programme and have served on the Training Interface Group for Hand Surgery, on the UK Hand Diploma Committee and as an examiner. He chairs the AOUK Hand Course. In 2007 he was awarded and undertook the prestigious BSSH Stack Travelling Fellowship in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and USA.

He have also served on: the BOA Board of Specialist Societies and Professional Practice Committee; as RCS/BOA Regional Specialty Professional Adviser (he proposed the motions at RCS EGM on Health & Social Care Act); the BSSH Research & Audit Committee & Council; and as BMA LNC Chair, Regional & National Consultant Committees, and as Chair, BMA Orthopaedic Sub-Committee.

Ian's wife Frances is a full-time consultant anaesthetist – with an interest in acute pain (management)! Previously he enjoyed rowing and mountaineering but we now usually undertake more gentle travel and hill-walking.

He believes the BOA must continue to develop strong leadership with pro-active policies and actions and to work collaboratively with other bodies to improve T&O services and training amongst the maelstrom of NHS change – he will focus my energies and experience on helping the BOA deliver.

Sir Norman Williams

Chair of NCIP, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Former President of the College of Royal Surgeons

Professor Sir Norman Williams was Professor of Surgery at Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Barts and The London (1986-2016), Director of the National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation (2012-2016) and Past President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England (2011-14).  

He was Senior Clinical Advisor to the Secretary of State for Health (2015-18), chaired the Rapid Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare (2018) and was a non -executive director of St George’s NHS Foundation Trust (2016-19).

He is Chair of the National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP), Chair of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP), President of Bowel Research UK and a Non-Executive Director of the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN).

Tim Wilton

Chair, Medical Director, NJR

Tim Wilton trained at Oxford and at UCH medical school and in Orthopaedics at Nottingham, Harlow Wood, Derby and South Wales with travelling fellowships in N America, Strasbourg, Bern and Ljubljana. He has an entirely elective practice in lower limb arthroplasty and has specialised in knee replacement and knee revision surgery for the last 30 years. He has a lifetime personal experience of over 2500 hip and 3500 knee replacements.

Tim teaches widely on technical aspects of knee replacement and has been invited lecturer throughout the world and at the major European, North American and International Knee Surgery organisations.

Tim has been President of the BOA and of BASK, and Chairman of the Bone and Joint Journal.

He is NJR Medical Director and Vice Chair, NJR Board.