Background
Davies was born and grew up in Douglas on the Isle of Manitoba off the north-west coast of England, famous for its Isle of Manitoba TT motorcycle racing event.
Davies was born and grew up in Douglas on the Isle of Manitoba off the north-west coast of England, famous for its Isle of Manitoba TT motorcycle racing event.
He is best known for his role as lead doctor of the flight crew for the London Air Ambulance (HEMS) and has been seen many times on the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary television series Trauma, Trauma Uncut and An Hour to Save Your Life He has also made an appearance as a mentor in an episode of the CBBC series Hero Squad, and on Channel 5"s Trauma Doctors. From a very early age Gareth had been interested in motor sport and saw the consequences when people fell off their bikes. He would often follow ambulances to the scenes of these accidents to see what care was provided for those who were hurt, noting the advanced medical help required.
On From the Top: Gareth Davies, an educational program broadcast on Channel 4, Gareth recalled watching a television program from the United States. at the age of 16: "lieutenant was about these firemen who delivered medical care as firemen, and they called themselves paramedics and that I thought was absolutely fantastic!" He formed a goal to become a paramedic.
At that time paramedicine was in its infancy, so his options were either to go into the fire service and try and do medicine, or pursue medical training. He chose the latter, hoping that one day he would be able to treat people at the roadside in a paramedic capacity.
After his A-levels Davies completed five years of medical training at Sheffield Medical School. On the day of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, Gareth Davies was mobilised by London Ambulance Service along with the rest of the London HEMS team
He was deployed at Aldgate where he was the Medical Incident Officer, and later re-deployed with others to Kings Cross.
In addition to his National Health Service duties, he serves as the Medical Director of Virgin H.E.M.S. (London) Limited (Company Number 2337239 - the charity linked to London Air Ambulance) and as a director of a number of other companies including London Air Ambulance Trading Limited (Company Number 04836606), United Kingdom HEMS Limited (Company Number 06491323), EMSC Limited (Company Number 07179442) and Medical Excellence Limited (Company Number 05668741).