Dr Trefor Roscoe graduated in medicine from Sheffield University in 1982 and has been a GP in the The Beighton and Sothall Practice  since 1987. 

He has been interested in computers since becoming the lead IT partner in his practice in 1990, he served as an GP computing adviser to the Sheffield Health Authority for nearly 20 years and has advised at a national level. He spent 5 years in medical politics on Sheffield LMC from 2002 to 2008 and as representative for South Yorkshire on the GPC from 2004 to 2008, serving on the IM & T committee for two years.

He has written extensively about  IM & T having several academic papers and letters published in recognised journals. His book,  Rapid Reference on General Practice Computing was published in Autumn 2003 and in 2006 was translated into Greek. A full list of publications can be found in his CV.

His academic appointments have included  GP Informatics Tutor for North Trent in the Institute of General Practice at Sheffield University where he was also a  Lecturer and a tutor on the MSc in Health Informatics.

He is  medical director of Spellcheck-IT Ltd and the clinical lead for appraisal for  Sheffield PCT.

He is list-owner of GP-UK.  From the end of 1999 he worked for 18 months with Doctors.net.uk, the UK's leading medical internet portal as a consultant on all things primary care.

His current consultancy is with a variety of health related companies, Health Authorities and trusts in the UK. 

A full CV can be found here or you can view a summary from here    Please take time to look at this quotation from Prof Lewis Sayre, founder of JAMA