A doctor and founding trustee of Watford New Hope has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list.
Dr Tim Robson said he was “pleased and honoured” to have been recognised for his services to the homeless in Hertfordshire.
He is a founding trustee of the New Hope charity, which he chaired between 1991 and 2008, before he quit his practice to launch the Meadowell Surgery to offer enhanced care to the homeless in 2003.
It was the tragic death of one of his patients – a homeless man who died during his sleep in Watford town in 1987 – which sparked Dr Robson to step up his campaign to help those in need. Read the full story here...