Honorific Prefix: | Air Vice-Marshal The Right Honourable |
The Lord Broadbridge | |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1959 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1981–present |
Rank: | Air Vice-Marshal |
Unit: | RAF Medical Services |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Air Vice-Marshal Richard John Martin Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge (born 20 January 1959), is a British physician, senior Royal Air Force officer, and hereditary peer. Having joined the RAF in 1981, he rose to serve as Director of Healthcare Delivery and Training, Defence Medical Services from 2014 to 2018 and acting Surgeon General in 2017.[1] He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 5 February 2018, and succeeded his father as Baron Broadbridge in 2020.[1] [2]
On 18 September 2009, Broadbridge was made Honorary Surgeon to The Queen (QHS). He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2018 New Year Honours.