Our People

John Gooderham is a former civil servant at DHSS, where he worked from 1971 to 2004 before taking early retirement.  Among the fourteen posts he held, two were spells as Secretary and Chief Executive Officer at the Medical Practices for England and Wales, from 1981 to 1983 and from 1995 to 1999.  The MPC was an executive non-departmental public body that was abolished in 2001.  Married with three daughters and seven grandchildren, John’s only paid employment now is as  a school lollipop lady.  Since 2004, he has been heavily involved in NHS patient and public activities, being a member of many local, regional, and national groups.. He is currently a Cancer Champion  at the Surrey and Sussex  Cancer Alliance and a Vaccination Champion at the Sussex Health and Care Partnership.  He is a volunteer NHS Responder, and a volunteer driver for Billingshurst Community Transport, mainly taking patients to hospitals.”