Anthony Harnden

Lay Commissioner

Anthony was appointed to the JAC as a Lay Commissioner for a term of three years on 1 January 2024.

He has worked as a Principal in General Practice at Morland House Surgery, Wheatley in Oxfordshire for 33 years. He is a Professor of Primary Care at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of St Hugh’s College.

Since 2006 Anthony has been the GP member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which advises the UK government on vaccine policy and in 2015 was appointed Deputy Chairman.

He has been a registrant Council member of the General Medical Council (GMC) since 2017 and for the past three years Chairman of the GMC Remuneration Committee.