Sarah Jarvis


Sarah Caroline Jarvis FRCGP is an English general practitioner, broadcaster, and television doctor.

Early life

Jarvis was educated at Millfield, Street, Somerset.

Career

Jarvis qualified as a medical doctor in July 1986 from the University of Oxford with BM BCh degrees, having graduated from the University of Cambridge with a pre-clinical degree in 1983, and was later awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Jarvis resigned as a partner and GP trainer after 27 years in her Shepherd's Bush practice; she had joined the practice in 1990. She now works as a locum.
She is the health and medical reporter for The One Show; she is also a television doctor on Good Morning Britain, ITV News and Jeremy Vine; and she is a regular guest on the Mondays edition of "The Jeremy Vine Show" on BBC Radio 2. She is also the Clinical Director for health website Patient UK.
Jarvis was appointed an MBE in the 2018 New Year Honours list for services to general practice and public understanding of health.

Personal life

Jarvis lives in Warwickshire with her husband, Tim, and their English springer spaniel. She is a mother of two, a keen gardener and enjoys walking and scuba diving.

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