Profile

General and Natural Medicine

Not many GPs combine a committed medical practice with radio and television broadcasts and regular medical columns in the press, but Dr Rob Hicks does just that.

With special interests in women's, men's and children's health, sexual health, complementary therapies and lifestyle management, Rob offers wide-ranging advice that comes from sound experience.

Rob appears regularly on ITV’s This Morning and is also the resident health expert on the British Forces TV news. His medical background brought him the role of medical advisor to the award-winning BBC1 television drama series ‘Doctors’, as well as the role of medical consultant for the successful BBC2 series ‘Grow Your Own Drugs’. In addition to writing for professional publications, he often fronts corporate videos and acts as a spokesperson for health campaigns.

His medical advice has reached the wider public in his regular columns for Love It!, Healthy, Prima Baby, gurgle.com and AOL’s thatsfit.co.uk, and in his books, ‘Beat Your Allergies’, ‘Control Your Blood Pressure’, and ‘Old-Fashioned Remedies – from Arsenic to Gin’.

Biography

Rob Hicks qualified at St. Mary's Hospital, London in 1989 and then did a variety of hospital medical jobs before entering general practice in 1992.

He now works part time in general practice and in a hospital sexual health clinic.  His special interests are women's, men's and children's health, complementary therapies and lifestyle management.

Rob is an experienced radio and television broadcaster and is currently the resident doctor on the British Forces TV news and also appears on ITV’s This Morning. He has contributed to many TV programmes including ‘Ancient Discoveries’ - The History Channel (medical presenter), ‘Taste Today’ (resident health expert), and ‘Wellbeing’ (resident health expert). He is a popular guest health expert and has appeared on ITV News, GMTV News, Sky News, BBC News 24, and CBBC. His past radio experience includes Classic FM radio (resident health expert) and Talk Sport radio (resident health expert).

Rob contributes regularly to Love It!, Healthy, Prima Baby, gurgle.com and AOL’s thatsfit.co.uk, and has also contributed to numerous other publications including the Express, Mirror and Metro newspapers, NOW, Top Sante, Woman, Zest, GQ Active, B Magazine, More, and New Woman magazines, and Teletext.

Rob contributes to many on-line sites as a writer and editor including BBC Health, NHS Choices and BootsWebMD. He is also the medical adviser to the award-winning BBC television drama series Doctors, and to the BBC2 series ‘Grow Your Own Drugs’.

As a celebrity doctor Rob is a popular and entertaining public speaker who gives talks to consumer, professional and corporate audiences. An experienced presenter, he has fronted a number of corporate videos and been the spokesperson for many successful health campaigns. He is a medical adviser and communications consultant for a variety of organisations and is a highly respected media and communications trainer.

Rob is passionate about music and is a singer/songwriter and keyboard player in a pop/rock band currently recording their first album. He also loves driving and writing about cars.

Updated 12/03/2010