The Future of Military Medicine with Major General Tim Hodgetts

In this conversation we will examine the current state of play
within UK military medicine, the demographics of modern military
capability; that of deployable role 1, 2 and 3 hospitals within
the field. We will also examine the lessons learnt from recent
conflicts and how they might inform the military medicine of the
future. We look at analogues of comparison from the last major
British involvement in conflict within Iraq and how innovative
aero-medical retrieval (MERT) and damage control surgery from
seminal cases such as Camp Bastien can inform future care. We
look at the increase in trended patterns of non-combatant injury
from drone and missile strikes (that of blast injuries), the
ever-present risk of IED insult and injury and finally how we
might leverage near-term adaptations of pre-hospital/MERT
capabilities for future deployment.


To do this we have Major General Tim Hodgetts with us. Tim is the
current serving Surgeon General of the United Kingdom Armed
Forces, the Master General of the Army Medical Services, and the
elected Chair of the Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical
Services in NATO. His clinical background is a Professor of
Emergency Medicine. Originally qualifying from Westminster
Medical School, commissioned in the Royal Army Medical Corps,
through to his present-day role of Surgeon General, and is the
senior technical authority for all clinical matters in
defence. 








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