Miss Sarah Phillips

Biography

Sarah is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Limb Reconstruction. She was appointed as consultant at King’s College Hospital in 1998. She was in the Army Reserves for over 30 years retiring in 2021. She deployed in March2003 for Op Telic 1 (2nd Gulf War). She has also previously been part of a King’s team that visited Somaliland between 2004 and 2007. She is a Trustee of 2 charities – IDEALS and Rebuild. (www.IDEALS.org.uk and www.rebuildcharity.org ) IDEALS was established in 2000 by John Beavis. Its mission: to relieve poverty, distress and suffering in any part of the world affected by conflict and/or natural disaster. It has worked in Bosnia-Herzegovia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Lebanon and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Sarah has been involved in helping to establish a Limb Reconstruction Service in Gaza since 2013. IDEALS has provided training for orthopaedic surgeons, nurses and physiotherapists as well as providing specialist orthopaedic equipment. The charity has helped in the treatment of war wounded patients and those injured in 2018-19 border demonstrations. She has recently returned from a mission to Gaza in Feb 2024