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Coral Sharpe: GP who fought against the prejudices of her day to become a doctor

March 31, 2025

Anne Bayley: surgical oncologist who recognised the spread of AIDS in Zambia among heterosexual patients

March 24, 2025

Ian Bownes: forensic psychiatrist who assessed mental fitness of IRA hunger strikers in the Maze prison

March 21, 2025

David Ian Marshall

March 18, 2025

Jillian Ann Jellicoe

March 18, 2025

Allan Fowler

March 17, 2025

Julia Ruth Hamilton

March 17, 2025

Malcolm Faulk: forensic psychiatrist whose work bridged the gap between the NHS and prisons

March 7, 2025

John Brand: GP who carried out much cited research into motion sickness after serving in the Royal Navy

March 6, 2025

Ricky Richardson: paediatrician who development of medical records and helped set up charity Whizz Kidz

March 4, 2025

Andrew Oldrey Russell

February 28, 2025

Peter Lyn Hays

February 27, 2025

Geoffrey Robert Thompson

February 27, 2025

Michael King: general surgeon who spent 30 years working in Malawi

February 24, 2025

Ted Buckley: “father of Irish neurosurgery” who trained many specialists at home and abroad

February 20, 2025

Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert

February 18, 2025

Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert

February 18, 2025

Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert

February 18, 2025

Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert

February 18, 2025

Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert

February 18, 2025

Marie Louise McCrea

February 14, 2025

Ronald Martin Oliver

February 13, 2025

John Spincer

February 13, 2025

Imran Ul Haq

February 11, 2025

Anthony John Webb

February 11, 2025

David Brown: virologist who developed saliva testing for rubella and measles and led the virus reference department for the Health Protection Agency for almost two decades

February 10, 2025

Stephen Edward Barnes

February 6, 2025

Peter Brook Cadogan Fenwick: neuropsychiatrist who explored the limits of human consciousness and became an expert on near death experiences

February 5, 2025

Jillian Van der Knaap

February 5, 2025

Alistair George Robert Rennie

February 4, 2025

Allison John: GP with cystic fibrosis who campaigned on organ donation

February 4, 2025

Michael Howard Jamison

February 3, 2025

John Douglas Orr

February 3, 2025

John Geddes: early pioneer and advocate of rapid pre-hospital defibrillation

January 30, 2025

Tipu Zahed Aziz: resurrected functional neurosurgery in the UK in the face of a sceptical medical establishment

January 24, 2025

Matthew James Young

January 24, 2025

Richard Cash: public health doctor whose salt and sugar solution for cholera patients is estimated to have saved 70 million lives

January 23, 2025

Sanath Kumar Shetty

January 22, 2025

Raymund Michael Shearer

January 21, 2025

Judith Patricia Dawson

January 21, 2025

Mike Snow: infectious diseases specialist who treated the UK’s first HIV patients

January 16, 2025

Rupert Fawdry: obstetrician whose fascination with computerised medical records soon turned to disappointment

January 13, 2025

Tony Boycott: GP and caver whose knowledge of explosives made him an expert rescuer and explorer

January 9, 2025

George Delfas

January 8, 2025

Meena Manickam Mahendra

January 8, 2025

Ruth White: psychiatrist who pioneered the development of perinatal mental health services and had a passion for singing and antique textiles

January 8, 2025

Charles John Edmonds

January 7, 2025

John Howell Rogers

January 7, 2025

Peter Whaley Kershaw

December 20, 2024

Nishi Gupta

December 18, 2024

Leslie Bow Bartlet

December 18, 2024

Dewi Richards Brown

December 17, 2024

Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy

December 12, 2024

John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking

December 10, 2024

John Hunter Dagg

December 9, 2024

Martin Sarner: gastroenterologist who explored the link between the gut and brain—and advised London Zoo on a panda with stomach problems

December 6, 2024

Jeremy Bradshaw-Smith: GP who pioneered computerised medical records and is thought to have produced the world’s first printed prescription

December 4, 2024

Francis Conrad Gormley

December 4, 2024

Jacob Kwadwo Afuakwah

December 4, 2024

Neville Robinson Rowell

December 3, 2024

John Gareth Llewelyn

December 3, 2024

Alexander Lister Forrest

December 2, 2024

Mark Ashworth: “cycling” GP and researcher who recognised the power of big data to transform healthcare

November 27, 2024

Maurice King: physician who proposed a one child policy to combat overpopulation

November 26, 2024

Robert Geoffrey Twycross: palliative care physician, pioneer of the modern hospice movement, and staunch opponent of assisted dying

November 25, 2024

Chris Brooks: flight surgeon and marine survival expert who designed lifesaving equipment for the Canadian navy and air force

November 21, 2024

David Watkin: General surgeon who improved surgical training and helped establish the Leicester Medical School

November 19, 2024

Alastair Carruthers: dermatologist who pioneered cosmetic use of Botox in partnership with ophthalmologist wife Jean

November 18, 2024

Godfrey David Ripley

November 15, 2024

Vinit Sheshnath Vedpathak

November 15, 2024

David Samuel Hopton

November 15, 2024

Charles Shaw

November 15, 2024

Olumade Adetola Okubadejo

November 15, 2024

Emma Margaret Ellen Rankin

November 15, 2024

Malcolm Donaldson: paediatric endocrinologist, musician, and proud collaborator with his wife Julia, author of The Gruffalo

November 12, 2024

Helen Jackson: GP who was dedicated to improving primary health care in the Maldives

November 11, 2024

David Sturgeon: consultant psychiatrist who provided counselling to victims of the 2005 terrorists attacks

November 1, 2024

David Paul Brandes Goldberg: social psychiatrist who highlighted the role of GPs in mental health treatment

November 1, 2024

Chuda Bahadur Karki

October 29, 2024

David Norman Phear

October 29, 2024

Annie Sara Mathew

October 29, 2024

John Day: diabetes specialist who seized on concept of patient education and helped establish a medical school in Mozambique

October 29, 2024

Gillian Lesley Rees

October 28, 2024

Alexander Cresswell Thurlow

October 28, 2024

Kenneth David Hudson

October 28, 2024

Mohiuddin Khan Umarkhanji Malik

October 23, 2024

John Alexander Thomson

October 23, 2024

John Matthew Wrightson

October 23, 2024

John Sarginson

October 23, 2024

Peter McRorie Higgins

October 22, 2024

Sikander Khan Umarkhanji Malik

October 22, 2024

Jane Alyson Scourfield

October 22, 2024

Chris Redman: professor of obstetric medicine whose fetal heart monitoring system has saved thousands of lives

October 22, 2024

Felicity Reynolds: professor of obstetric anaesthesia who could not understand the modern obsession with “natural” childbirth

October 17, 2024

Hugh Michael Wieselberg

October 16, 2024

Hugh Michael Wieselberg

October 16, 2024

Brian Reginald Wilkey

October 16, 2024

Brian Reginald Wilkey

October 16, 2024

James Ciaran Stone

October 16, 2024

James Ciaran Stone

October 16, 2024
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