Sarah Caroline Jarvis MBE FRCGP (born 3 December 1962)^{[citation needed]} is an English general practitioner, broadcaster, and television doctor.

Early life[edit]

Jarvis was educated at Millfield, Street, Somerset.^[1]

Career[edit]

Jarvis qualified as a medical doctor in July 1986 from University of Oxford with BM BCh degrees, having graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in nutrition in 1983, and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners^[when?].^[2][3]

Jarvis recently resigned as a partner and GP trainer^[3] after 27 years in her Shepherd's Bush practice and now works as a locum. She joined the practice in 1990.^[4]

She is also the health and medical reporter for The One Show, a television doctor on Good Morning Britain, ITV News and Jeremy Vine,^[5] and is a regular guest on The Jeremy Vine Show, which airs weekdays on BBC Radio 2 from 12pm until 2pm and is 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.^[6]

Personal life[edit]

Jarvis lives in Warwickshire with her husband, Tim, and their English springer spaniel. She is a keen gardener^[6] and enjoys walking and scuba diving.

Selected works[edit]

• Jarvis, Sarah; Rubin, Alan, L (May 2007). Diabetes for Dummies (UK ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-05810-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jarvis, Sarah, ed. (2 January 2009). Women's Health for Life. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1-4053-5378-6.
• Humphrys, John; Jarvis, Sarah (2 April 2009). The Welcome Visitor: Living Well, Dying Well (1st ed.). Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-92377-1.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Sarah Jarvis at IMDb