GP Chair
Dr Raj Patel is a Manchester University Graduate, qualifying in 1985. He worked in North Manchester as a junior Doctor before spending a year in general practice in Australia. He returned to take up a GP Post in Hyde where he is a partner at the Brooke Surgery.
Raj has been involved in organisational work within the NHS since 1997, starting with Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Group. He has chaired the Professional Executive Committee of the Primary Care Trust since 2002.
He is a former advisor to the Department of Health and more recently has chaired the Staying Healthy workstream of the North West Darzi Review.