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Thomas Moore

Appointed Sky News Health Correspondent in 1999, Thomas has reported on a diverse range of health issues.

Most recently, Thomas gained unprecedented access to a US lab where monkeys fitted with brain implants are learning to use robotic arms through the power of thought. He had a world exclusive on the first operation to remove an appendix through the mouth, and the exclusive story about a little girl now able to play rugby for her school despite having a third of her heart removed as a baby in pioneering surgery.

He also anchored a week-long series called The Price of Life, which looked at health rationing in the NHS.

Thomas has played an instrumental part in Sky News’ cancer coverage, winning an award from the Cancer Research Campaign.

He has also contributed several health-related articles to the national press and magazines and was a finalist in the Broadcast Journalist of the Year in the Medical Journalists’ Association Awards in 2008.

Before joining Sky News, Thomas spent three years as a health correspondent at Channel One TV. Prior to that, he worked on the medical weekly newspaper, General Practitioner, initially as a reporter and later as the news editor.

Thomas studied Genetics at the University of Nottingham. He originally intended to become a cancer researcher but decided to become a journalist through working on the university’s student newspaper. Since then his enthusiasm has not been dented, although he did once have a bag of leaves dumped on him while reporting live outside the High Court.

Born in Thailand, Thomas grew up in such diverse places as Poland, the Lebanon, Canada, the Philippines and the UK. Not surprisingly, he has the International Baccalaureate.