Dr Anthony Hobbs

Dr Anthony (Tony) Hobbs is a former Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Commonwealth Department of Health. Dr Hobbs was previously the Principal Medical Adviser at the Therapeutic Goods Administration from Feb 2013 – May 2015.

He was a General Practitioner in rural NSW for nearly twenty years, delivering comprehensive coordinated care to the local community, including Obstetric, Paediatric and care to residents in residential aged care facilities. He is a former Chair of the Australian General Practice Network. He has also worked in remote health services in the Northern Territory and in Swaziland, southern Africa and in the NHS in the United Kingdom.

Dr Hobbs has made a significant contribution to Australia’s health system as Chair of the External Reference Group that in 2009 developed Australia’s first national Primary Health Care Strategy. He was part of a group that provided expert clinical advice to the National Chronic Disease Strategy in 2005. Dr Hobbs has had extensive experience on boards, committees and advisory councils including the National Health and Medical Research Council, cancer, diabetes and kidney health advisory groups, and has worked with the National Prescribing Service on its diagnostic evaluation advisory group.

Dr Hobbs is currently the Senior Medical Advisor Aged Care for the Calvary Health Group. He has a strong commitment to improving care and support for people living with Dementia and their carers and loved ones. To this end, he is a member of the AIHW Dementia Expert Advisory Group and a member of the Sydney University StepUP for Dementia and Ageing Research platform Advisory Board. He is a past Board Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA).

Dr Hobbs has a First Class Honours Medical degree from the University of Sydney and postgraduate qualifications in Obstetrics  and Gynaecology, Child Health and Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from Australia and the United Kingdom. Dr Hobbs is also a graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.