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
