Timothy Hodgetts

Major General Timothy John Hodgetts, is a senior British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as head of the Army Medical Services (2018–2021) and then as Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces (2021–2024).

Military career Educated at the Westminster Hospital Medical School, Hodgetts was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1983. His early career was spent as a general physician. He became medical director for NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2011,

Hodgetts was appointed medical director for the Defence Medical Services in 2014, and then head of the Army Medical Services in 2018. In December 2021, he additionally became chairman of NATO's Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS). He was appointed to the honorary post of Master General Army Medical Services on 1 January 2022. In the 2023 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). In May 2024, he was succeeded as surgeon general by Philip McNee.

On the creation of the Royal Army Medical Service in late 2024, Hodgetts was appointed the first Master General Medical of the service.

He is a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands.