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THE ROYAL FREE ASSOCIATION (incorporating the Royal Free Old Students’ Association

and Members of the School)

Newsletter 2014 Welcome to the 2014 Newsletter which, as you will see, is somewhat more substantial this year. The Programme for our annual Clinical Day can be found on page 2. The ever-popular Ward Rounds are proving logistically more difficult to arrange, with ever more restricted access to patients and the actual wards. We have, therefore, arranged for these to continue in the form of Clinical Updates, which will be held by various consultant members of the Royal Free staff. We hope that these will prove just as popular and that you will enjoy the variety of topics we have chosen for you. We welcome your news and write-ups, so please forward any new contributions to us over the next year for inclusion in future editions of the Newsletter.

Inside this Issue: • The Programme for Thursday, 20th November, 2014 Page 2 • Minutes of the AGM held on 21st November, 2013 Pages 3-5 • Financial Statement for Year to 31st March 2014 Page 6 • This and That:

– Internal Issues Pages 7-8

– Achievements Page 9 – Members’ Contributions Page 10 – Reunion News Pages 11 -17 • Obituaries Pages 18-20 Enclosures • Registration Form for Attendance (pink) • Membership Subscription Form (yellow) • Stay in Touch Form (green)

Royal Free Association, UCL, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF

Tel: 020 7830 2579 E-mail: rfassociation@gmail.com

Web: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/rfa

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THE PROGRAMME

for the Annual General Meeting to be held on

Thursday, 20th November 2014 in the Sir William Wells Atrium, Ground Floor, Royal Free Hospital

10.00 am REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

Sir Williams Wells Atrium Ground Floor, Royal Free Hospital

10.30 am CLINICAL UPDATES • Palliative Care with Dr Philip Lodge • Cardiology with Dr Gerry Coghlan • How to Treat Dyslipidaemias with Dr Dimitri Mikhailidis • Nephrology: Transplant Clinic with Dr Mark Harber • Royal Free Disease – 60 Year Review with Dr Rosemary Underhill 11.45 am ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Agenda 1. Apologies for absence 2. Recording of deaths 3. Minutes of the last Meeting held on

Thursday, 21st November 2013 4. Matters arising 5. President’s Report 6. a. Election of Officers for 2014-2015

b. Election of new Members 7. Financial Report 8. Any Other Business 9. Date of next Annual Meeting 12.15 pm REPORT ON UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL

Speaker: Dr Melvyn Jones

Senior Clinical Lecturer Dept. of Primary Care & Population Health, UCL

12.30 pm STUDENT ELECTIVE REPORTS 1.00 pm LUNCH

2.00 pm THE PETER SCHEUER SYMPOSIUM

Chairman: Dr Philip Lodge

Consultant in Palliative Care

Speakers: Dr Barbara Bannister, MBE

“A Life with Infectious Diseases – The Alarms and Triumphs”

Mr Robin Gupta “Colorectal Surgery and Postgraduate Education”

Dr Alex MacDonald “Life as a Nottinghamshire GP”

4.30 pm TEA

5.00 pm THE MARSDEN LECTURE

Speaker: Professor Sir Ian Kennedy

Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Emeritus Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Policy, UCL

Visiting Professor, LSE

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm INFORMAL DINNER

at Thyme 215 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4RB

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Royal Free Association held in the

Sir William Wells Atrium at the Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG on Thursday, 21st November 2013

Present: Dr Philip Lodge in the Chair plus 63 Members of the Association, namely:

Lesley ASHWORTH (1961) Rosemarie BAILLOD (1961) Judith BARNARD (1961) Elizbieta BIEL (1961) Paul BINGHAM (1980) Ruth BOOKER (1966) Kathleen BROOKS (1961) Richard BRUETON (1971) Eleanor BUTLER (1963) Helen CLARK (1964) Malcolm CLARKE (1965) Wendy CLINE (1965) Andrew CLYMO (1959) David COHEN (1979) Colin COOPER (1959) Anna COPE (1956) William COPPOLA (M) Barbara CROFT (1959) Helen CROSSLEY (1961) Anita DAVIES (1959) Robert (Paul) DAVIES (1973) Jennifer EDWARDS (1960)

Gisela FERRARIS (1962) John GIBSON (1956) James HARDIMAN (1964) Elizabeth HARRIS (1962) David HENDERSON (1965) Susan HILLS (1979) Dorothy HOLDSWORTH (1961) Ann HOWARD (1964) Peter HOWDEN (1983) Mary HUGHES (1956) Kathleen HUNT (1961) Jonathan JONES (1979) Anthony KAYE (1979) Jean KEELING (1964) Wendy KELSEY (1966) Sylvia LAQUEUR (1972) Patricia LAST (1958) Susan LUCAS (1963) Pauline MANFIELD (1954) Evelyn MANN (1979) Hilary MAUGHAN (1964)

Janet McBEATH (1973) Neil McINTYRE (Member) Fred MEYNEN (1964) Margaret MUDDIMAN (1973) Dowling MUNRO (1954) Ruth ODELL (1947) Margaret PAGE (1964) Santilal PARBHOO (Member) James PEARSON (1971) Anna RAKOWICZ (1962) Avery REZEK (1959) Elizabeth SALTER (1965) Sonia SASSOON (1977) Louise SCHEUER (Member) Will SELLERS (1970) Roger SKINNER (1969) Elsbeth TATE (1961) Brenda THOMPSON (1961) Pat WALMSLEY (1964) John WATKINSON (1979) Tony WATSON (1979)

Philip Lodge welcomed everyone to the Meeting, particularly those attending for the first time. 1. Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from 155 members as per the list on page 5. 2. Recording of Deaths The Chairman regretted to report the deaths of 43 members; many of whom had made outstanding contributions to medicine and the care of patients. He read out the names: AIHIE, Pamela (1959); ACHER, Christine Ann (née Moore) (1975); ARMSTEAD, Sally P. (née Colquhoun) (1956); ASHBY, Rosemary R. (Mrs Chapman) (1956); BROUGHTON, Jean (Mrs Friedlander) (1941); BROAD, Gillian (née Jeffries) (1958); BRUDNEY, Daniel S. (2004); BYNOE, Hilda (née Gibbs) (1951); CARTER, Edith C. C. (née Horburger) (1946); CLOUT, Audrey (née Hardwick) (1951); CONWAY, Brian (1973); CREE, Sylvia J. (née Pinder) (1957); DORMANDY, Thomas L. (1952); ELITHORN, Alick C. (Member); EVANS, D. Joan (1951); GILCHRIST, Edith (1938); HARRIS, John (Member); HANSON, Audrey (1945); HUGHES, Gary (1977); HUNTER, June (Mrs Brocklebank) (1966); JENKINS, Marian E. (Member); JONES, Sonia E. (1965); KEITH, Michael J. (Member); LUCY, Betty C. (née Bloxham) (1941); MACLEAN, A. Margaret (1954); MAN SUYIN, Elizabeth K.Y.C. (1948); MCWATTERS, Veronica (née Stamp) (1960); MORGAN, Kathleen B. (née Bentley) (1943); OWEN-SMITH, Oliver (1988); POVEY, John S. (1947); PRESTON, H. Gay (née Shepard) (1968); RATCLIFFE, Shirley G. (1956); RUSTON, John J.S. (1978); SAINSBURY, Olga M. (1942); SHANKAR, Sambasivan (1975); SIMONS, L. Anthony (1962); SOTERIOU, Helen M. (1943); TINDLE, John E. (1956); WARD, Rosemary V. H. (Mrs O’Connor) (1959); WATSON, Dorothy B.D. (née Callander) (1942); WEBB, Joan D. (née Wrigley) (1945); WESTCOTT, Tessa (Mrs Stanworth) (1960); WRAY, M. Isobel (Lady Laing) (1948). There followed a short silence.

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Continued

3. Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 15th November, 2012 The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting had been circulated to all members via the Annual Newsletter and copies were made available to those present. There were no objections or questions and the Minutes were approved. 4. Matters Arising Ward Names: Neil McIntyre had received letters from the Chief Executive and the Board Secretary. Wards would remain being known by their current names for practical and safety reasons. However, it was suggested that a Time-Line could be placed in the main corridor, and historical information could be placed outside each ward. Neil agreed to research these options. Philip confirmed on behalf of the Royal Free Association that any possible changes were supported. Santilal Parbhoo pointed out that some original names and biographies were already present in some wards. History Book: Publication of Neil McIntyre’s book would go ahead, with the Royal Free Charity supporting printing of 1000 copies. Neil confirmed that all profits would go to the Royal Free Association and Hospital. 5. President’s Report Philip mused that, as ever, the last year had gone quickly, and there was not a great deal to add to his Report in the Newsletter. Changes in the NHS and within UCL presented ongoing challenges. However, the Royal Free Association was to continue and a number of reunions had been held in the previous months. Philip had attended the 1988 graduate reunion and reported that the graduates all maintained a very sentimental attachment to the Royal Free. Philip thanked Peter Howden who was to take over the role of Treasurer from Wendy Kelsey. Wendy Kelsey would remain as Secretary, and Philip Lodge as the President, for one more year. The following people had been invited, and agreed, to become Members of the RFA: Dominic Dodd, Chairman, RFH NHS Trust; Caroline Clark,

Deputy Chief Executive of the Royal Free Hospital; and Chris Burghes, Chief Executive of the Royal Free Charity, and Alison Horton had been invited to join the Executive Committee and she had accepted. There were no objections. Officers for 2013-2014 President: Philip Lodge Vice-President: Jane Zuckerman Secretary: Wendy Kelsey Treasurer: Peter Howden Executive Committee: Rosemarie Baillod Alison Horton Richard Brueton Dimitri Mikhailidis Jacqueline Cooper Andrew Platts Bimbi Fernando Susan Tuck 6. Financial Report Wendy Kelsey announced that Karen Hamilton, Head of Management Accounting in the Hospital had taken over as Accountant for the RFA and prepared the accounts shown on Page 6 of the Newsletter. The total in the accounts had been healthy during the year. However, the balance had been nearly wiped out by the costs of printing and delivering the Directory. Wendy informed the meeting that the Association had received a substantial donation of $10,000 (US) from Dr May Zimmerli-Ning (1960 graduate). Rosemarie Baillod confirmed that the number of subscriptions being paid was not decreasing. Pat Last again recommended that Members over the age of 70, who currently do not pay the subscription fee, could pay a voluntary one-off sum (a figure of £200 was suggested). 7. Any Other Business Rosemarie Baillod thanked all the Members who had responded to her request for information in the 2013 Newsletter, concerning the Royal Free Disease. She would be grateful for more information please. 8. Date of Next Meeting The next Annual General Meeting would be held on Thursday, 20th November, 2014.

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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE - 2013

ABEYESUNDERE, Rohini L. (1962) ADAMS, Maureen B. (Mrs Bruce-Murray) (1948) ADAMSON, Kenneth P. (1967) ALLEN Roy T. J. (1960) AMBACHE, Stella (née Cornes) (1942) AQUILINA, Monica (1981) BARNES, Priscilla A. (née Ridge) (1953) BARR, Alexander (1990) BARTLETT, Jill A. (1980) BEERE, Deborah M. (1981) BERRY, R.J. (Sam) (Member) BISHOP, Angela (1976) BLACK, Dora (Member) BLATCH, Sheila (1958) BRADBURN, Valerie (née Marvin) (1961) BROOKES, Ewa M. (Mrs Rogers) (1962) BURGE, Sherwood (1969) BURTENSHAW, Hazel M. (Mrs Williams) (1959) CARTER, Josephine (née Innocent) (1964) CHAPMAN, Patrick (1968) CHESTERS, Pamela (Member) CLAY, Barbara (Mrs Pearce) (1961) COLSTON, Jean (1957) CONNAUGHTON, Jennifer (1967) COOPER, Gisu (1988) CROSLAND, Sheila (née Nicholl) (1951) DAVIES, Muriel (1958) DAY, Michael H. (1954) DIAMOND, Gillian (née Bullock) (1956) DRAGOWSKA, Ewa (Mrs Petrusewicz) (1960) EDMONDS, John (1971) ETHERIDGE, Monica (1940) EVERETT, V. Jill (1959) EWAN, Gavin (1973) FEIZI, Ozgen (1964) FISHER, Marie G. (1952) FLEISCHER, Freda (1952) FLETCHER, Ian (1971) FOGARTY, Aideen (1962) FOOKS, Timothy (1986) FOUND, Sally (1975) FOX-MALE, Patsy (Mrs Ridgway) (1971) GALLOWAY, Angela (née Kennedy) (1978) GREEN, Alain (1974) GREEN, Michael R. (1983) GOLTON, Andrea (1971) GOWER, Sean (1989) HALL, Joseph G. (1957) HALL, Judith (Mrs O'Leary) (1958) HAWKINS, Thomas J. (1960) HEGARTY, Judith (née Chilton) (1965) HELSON, Edna (1958) HENDERSON, Elizabeth (née Wheaton) (1953) HENDERSON, Moira M. (née Cameron) (1958) HEREWARD, Janet (1977) HEREWARD, John (1977) HEWITT, Susan (1974) HITCHINGS, Roger (1966)

HOBBS, Rebecca J. (1982) HORNIK, Rita J. (Mrs Kosky) (1959) HUNTER, Ann L. (née Tottenham) (1950) HUNTER, Mary G.C.A. (née Dale) (1950) HURLOW, Dorothy (1965) IDE, Joanna (Mrs Emms) (1971) JAGO, Audrey J. (née Price) (1951) JAMES, Stephanie (1951) JAMPEL, Lilianna (1958) JEWELL, Derek P. (Member) JONES, Pamela (Mrs Kirk) (1966) JONES, Roy (1972) JONES, Shirley P. (Mrs Fraser) (1959) KING, E. Janet (née Porter) (1958) KING, Isabel J. (née Halstead) (1973) KLUTH, David (1989) KOBLENZER, Caroline (née Adamson) (1953) LAST, Patricia (1958) LINDESAY, Kathleen (née Howard) (1957) LINSELL, Jane C. (1978) LYNCH, Anthony (1975) MacDONALD BURNS, David (Member) MAIN, Angela (née Davies) (1956) MANNALL, Jill (1964) MARR, A. Christina (1966) MARRIN, Charles A. (1971) MARSHALL, Margaret E. (née Macpherson) (1975) MARTIN, Bruce (1984) MASON, James (1973) MAWHINNEY, Brian (Member) McCARTHY, Ann (1955) McKINNON, Jean (1961) MEADOWS, I. Jane T. (1957) MEANLEY, Deborah A. (formerly Doherty) (1965) MELLOWS, Heather (Mrs Johnson) (1974) MILLMAN, Guy (1994) MORRIS JONES, Patricia (Mrs Casarini) (1957) MURPHY, Margaret K. (1962) NAYLOR, Ann F. (née Worsfold) (1961) NICHOLS, Mary (née Bacon) (1982) NOKES, Timothy (1990) ODEKU, Jill (née Adcock) (1961) OSBORN, Marian (1955) OSGOOD, Vicky M. (1977) PEASE, Richard (1970) PAINTIN, Avril (née Reed) (1955) PEPYS, Mark (Member) PHILLIPS, Brian L. D. (1954) PLUMMER, Yvonne (1977) POLLOCK, Estelle (1947) RANASINGHE, Ranuka S. (1990) RANDALL, Jean M. (Mrs Measday) (1948) RENDELL, Anne (1954) RIDGWAY, Geoff (1971) ROGERS, Valerie (Mrs O'Riordan) (1961) ROSS, Ian (1968)

ROSSITER, Michael (1991) ROWLANDS, A. Eleri (née Owen) (1970) RUDWICK, Ann (née Hunter) (1956) SANDHU, Davinder P. S. (1980) SAPPER, Helen (née Rubens) (1959) SASSOON, Sonia (1977) SELL, Dorothy M. (née Roberts) (1952) SEYMOUR, Anne (1959) SHATTOCK, Gillian M. (née Stevens) (1955) SHIRLEY, Janet (née Clements) (1971) SHOTTS, Nina (Padwick) (1957) SLATTER, Elaine (née Bowlt) (1965) SMITH, Gina (1966) SMITH, Marilyn J (née Evans) (1963) STEANE, Patricia A. (1962) STREETER, Helen (1989) STERN, Dennis J. (1960) SUMMERS, Lynne W. (Mrs Tracey) (1976) TAMPION, William (Member) TAYLOR, Susan (1971) TOBIN, Jean (Mrs MacDonald Burns) (1968) THOMPSON, Patricia A. (née Evershed) (1962) TOWNSEND, Catherine R. (Mrs Desty) (1959) TOWSON, Nigel B. D. (1972) THOMAS, A. Myfanwy (née Gray-Jones) (1968) THOMAS, Michael (Member) THOMPSON, Eileen (1954) THORNLEY, Barbara (Mrs Webb) (1966) THOW, Mary E. (née Canvin) (1957) UNDERHILL, Rosemary (Mrs O’Gorman) (1961) WALSHE, Margaret M. (1956) WEHNER, Helen (1983) WICKHAM, Anne (née Hargreave) (1965) WILLIAMS, Susanne (née Tauber) (1950) WHITE, Pamela (Mrs Hills) (1964) WORTHINGTON, Marion (1962) YOUELL, Catherine D. (1980) YOUNG, Glenda (née Swindells) (1961) YOUNG, Michael (1961) ZUCKERMAN, Arie J. (1957) ZUCKERMAN, Jane N. (1987)

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THIS AND THAT Internal Issues

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEWS

Since the AGM last November, two of our long-standing members have resigned from the Executive Committee: Jane Zuckerman who was the Vice-President for 5 years, and Andrew Platts who is now looking forward to a long and healthy retirement. The RFA is very grateful to them both for all their valuable contributions. Mr Richard Brueton (1971 graduate) has stepped up to the role of Vice-President with immediate effect, and it is good to have him on board in this capacity.

A Plea from Wendy Kelsey, Secretary of the RFA:

HELP! YOUNGER BLOOD/BRAIN NEEDED!

After 12 years as Secretary I really do feel that the Royal Free Association would be better served by a new, younger model. Someone whose heart is still in The Free, with better internet skills than mine, thereby ensuring that our membership can be better aware of and in touch with each other. Someone perhaps looking to fill their upcoming retirement, or who is working part time? The job is not onerous and is extremely well supported secretarially by Tanya Shennan. It involves organising two Executive Committee meetings a year, helping the President organise the Annual Clinical Meeting and its attendant informal dinner and, every three years, organizing the formal Triennial Dinner. Our database is maintained by Tanya, and Peter Howden looks after our finances. I am more than happy to mentor/help anyone willing to take this on. It really is a heart-warming, rewarding and fun 'job' especially at a time when morale elsewhere in the NHS is so low. Please step up, consider, apply, give it a go.........!!

Wendy wakmc@btinternet.com or

rfassociation@gmail.com

Office Notes:

Members’ details for reunions, etc. can be requested from me. Please don’t forget to let us know of any change in your contact details. Thank you to those of you who have already informed us of your e-mail address for the records. We would still like more!! So please just drop me an e-mail with your full name and year of graduation. Thank you.

Tanya Shennan rfassociation@gmail.com

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THIS AND THAT Internal Issues

TREASURER’S REPORT I was appointed Treasurer at last year’s AGM, replacing Dr Wendy Kelsey who had held the position for the past ten years. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Association to thank her for all her hard work. I would also like to thank Karen Hamilton from the Finance Department at the Royal Free Hospital for auditing our accounts for the financial year 2013/2014 (on page 6). Thank you also, to all of our alumni who made donations last year, and especially to Dr May Zimmerli-Ning (1960) for her very generous gift of $10,000 and to Dr Janet Lake (1957) who contributes generously to the RFA each year. Of our 4,000 (or so) members, only 13% pay the £15 yearly subscription. May I ask all who do not currently pay, to consider setting up a standing order/faster payment with your bank to pay annually. As many now use on-line banking, all the bank details you need to do this are listed below: Lloyds Bank (Hampstead Branch) Sort Code: 30-93-80 Account Number: 07162876 Please remember to reference your payment with your FULL NAME and year of graduation. You can also still use the standing order form enclosed with this Newsletter if you prefer. For the records, please drop me an e-mail to let me know when you set up a new standing order: peter.howden1@gmail.com Thank you in anticipation!

Peter Howden Treasurer, RFA

THEY ARE BACK! ...... due to popular demand we now have a new stock of the Royal Free cufflinks available for purchase.

Price: £15 per pair (incl.P&P)

To order, please contact Wendy Kelsey at: wakmc@btinternet.com Or write to: 7 Butterworth Gardens, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0BJ

The cufflinks will also be on sale at the Clinical Day in November.

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THIS AND THAT Achievements

To all Alumni and Members our warmest congratulations for

your achievements and successes during the year, and in particular to:

OLIVER FENTON, FRCS (1974 Graduate)

Oliver was awarded an MBE for services to Paediatric Plastic Surgery

in the 2013 New Year’s Honours list.

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP TEAM AWARD

This award recognises a team that exemplifies the qualities of clinical leadership.

Haverstock Healthcare. The general practice consortium Haverstock Healthcare has had a crucial role in ensuring that patients in the London borough of Camden are seen quickly and treated by the most appropriate health professionals, saving time and lives.

The deprived borough has a highly mobile population and large numbers of patients were attending emergency departments when a general practice would have been more appropriate.

The consortium was set up in 2008 by John Horton and other local GPs from 26 practices. It worked with the local acute trust—the Royal Free London Hospital—to establish an integrated GP led urgent care centre at the front door of the emergency department to educate and redirect patients to more appropriate points of care.

Since it began working, the centre has managed to redirect 20% of ambulatory patients attending emergency departments back to the community or to more suitable healthcare providers while a further 58% are treated within the urgent care centre. The remaining 22% of patients are seen in the emergency department.

The consortium has also started the TREAT (Triage and Rapid Elderly Assessment Team) admission avoidance programme to proactively manage elderly patients in the community before they present with acute problems to emergency departments.

Michael Smith, consortium medical director and chief executive, says: “The winning approach within our team has been our ability to integrate seamlessly with our secondary and community care colleagues.”

(John Horton is a 1983 graduate) http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g2051

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THIS AND THAT Members’ Contributions

A trip down memory lane! These beautiful gates once stood at the entrance to Hampstead

General Hospital. They were rescued when the hospital was demolished and now stand at the end of the garden of a private house in Highgate, opening out onto the Highgate Cemetery.

PUBLICATION OF NEIL McINTYRE’S BOOK ON “HOW BRITISH WOMEN BECAME DOCTORS: THE STORY OF THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL AND ITS MEDICAL SCHOOL”

The book will be available by the time this Newsletter reaches you.

Prices are: £18 for the paperback version; £25 for the hardback.

Please add Postage and Packing per copy: •Within the U.K. = £5.55 •For Europe = £12.70 •For Zone 1 (The Americas, Africa, Middle East, Asia) = £20.00 •For Zone 2 (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore = £21.05 Because they fall within the same weight band, postage is the same for the paperback and the hardback versions.

Payment is by:

1. Personal cheque made out to Neil McIntyre Royal Free Book A/C and sent to him at:

7 Butterworth Gardens, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0BJ.

2. Electronic transfer to the above account quoting sort code 20-52-74 and A/C no. 83552624.

Those using online banking can do it themselves, or your bank can do it. Take care with entering the account details as monies can go astray if these are entered incorrectly.

3. Via PayPal to mcintyre@boston.demon.co.uk

Please send him your order, and the address to where your purchase should be sent, together with your payment. Please Note: Books will only be sent after payment is received. Signed copies of the book will be available to buy directly on the day of the Royal Free Association AGM and Clinical Meeting at the Royal Free on Thursday 20th November, 2014.

Any profit made from the book will go to the Royal Free Library and the London Metropolitan Archives (which now hold the Royal Free Archives) to allow documents relating to the Free's history to be preserved, repaired and promoted.

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THIS AND THAT Reunion News

REUNIONS TO BE HELD IN 2014

REUNIONS TO BE HELD IN 2015

1975 Graduates

A 40th Reunion of the 1975 graduates is being planned for Saturday 13th June, 2015 at Shendish Manor Hotel, Hertfordshire.

Most of the year have now been contacted, but some have slipped through the net.

If you are interested in coming along, please contact:

Margaret Marshall Tymahouse.maggi@googlemail.com

1979 Graduates At the 30th reunion of 1979 Royal Free graduates in London in 2009, it was suggested that a 35th reunion be held in New Zealand. A lot of interest was expressed and a date and venue agreed.

For various reasons 2015 rather than 2014 was preferred, thus making this a 36th reunion!

The reunion will take place over the week-end of 14-15th November, 2015 in Christchurch. A formal dinner at the George Hotel, Christchurch has been arranged for Saturday 14th November. Activities ranging from jet boating to wine tasting are also being

arranged for that weekend.

So far about 60 people have expressed an interest in coming and if anyone else would like to find out more about the event, they should contact the New Zealand organizer, David Mitchell’s

wife, Helen. Helen’s email address is: themitchellsare@xtra.co.nz

FROM: Paul Bingham iowpaulb@aol.com

1969 Graduates

A 45 year Reunion for 1969 graduates is being held at the Black Swan Hotel in Helmsley, North Yorkshire from September 26th to Sept 28th, 2014.

All are welcome. If you haven't booked and would like to join us for an interesting weekend with activities and a dinner please contact me (Mike Higgs) by email at: m.higgs703@btinternet.com

1989 Graduates

All from the year of 1989 (or any other year!) are welcome to a reunion on 27th September, 2014 at the Norton Park Hotel, near Winchester.

Please contact me for details: Philip Lodge

philip.lodge@nhs.net

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THIS AND THAT Reunion News

1956 Qualifiers

The Elite Golden Oldies - The 57th Anniversary of the 1956 Qualifiers

On Friday the 26th July, 2013 a total of seventeen intrepid souls assembled at the Sloane Club, Lower Sloane Street. Some came alone, some came with partners and some came with walking sticks. The original numbers would have been twenty one, but last minute cancellations made the meeting a select gathering.

The morning started at ten thirty with a gathering of twelve brave individuals meeting at the entrance of the Shard Building at London Bridge preparing to take the ascent in the lift system to the top floor some 1000 plus feet above ground level. The day was brilliantly sunny and the view from the top was outstanding with the view of London laid out before our eyes with the horizon some forty miles away – amazing! It took an hour to absorb all the sights before embarking on the journey to the Sloane Club to join up with the remainder of the party who arrived at the same time.

Following a champagne reception where old friends were identified and reunited, lunch was taken and old times remembered, the present state of the NHS discussed and compared with the health service in Canada as described by a couple who had travelled over just to be at this Reunion. It seems they are experiencing similar problems to ourselves.

Time passed very quickly, and it was soon the moment to say goodbye and walk away into the sunset with the thought of the next Reunion in 2016 which will be the 60th. How many of us will be fortunate enough to be present or able to make the journey! Watch this space!

John Gibson

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THIS AND THAT Reunion News

1954 Qualifiers

Last year Dowling Munro and I arranged to meet at the RFA AGM in November 2013, to give us an opportunity to discuss whether we should arrange a reunion of our year as we would have been qualified 60 years, a diamond jubilee, wondering if there would enough of us fit enough to attend. Finally on the 13th June 2014, eleven of us who qualified in 1954, met at the Royal Society of Medicine, in a private dining room for lunch. We all enjoyed catching up, and we decided we did not seem too decrepit for our age, none of us felt old, and all have plenty of interests! We enjoyed meeting and we aim to continue meeting, probably in two years’ time.

Those who attended, were Eva Cummins (Fisch), Shirley Middle (Barnes) , Pauline Thomas, Angie Hamilton, Eileen Thompson, Jean Carberry, Celia Oakley, Pauline Manfield, Dowling Munro and Michael Day, accompanied by Louise Scheuer (Peter’s Widow and a member of the Association), Dowling’s wife Ella, Micky (1953 RFH), Michael’s wife and Bupp, Celia’s daughter. The photograph includes all of us except Celia’s daughter.

Pauline Manfield and Dowling Munro

SUSAN VESEY (née Broadbent) 1954 - My mother, Susan, was a fellow graduate from the Royal Free in 1954. Sadly, she passed away on 7th April this year, from metastatic melanoma.

Our family emigrated to Australia in 1963, and my mother worked as a radiologist in the Victorian country town of Horsham from 1963 to 1965, then in Grafton, New South Wales from 1965 until her retirement in 1995. She often spoke fondly of her time at the Royal Free, and I would be grateful if you could pass this sad news on to those who may remember her.

Michael Vesey

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THIS AND THAT Reunion News

1988 Qualifiers

A wonderful time was had by all on 12th October, 2013 at Norton Park Hotel, Winchester for the Class of '88 Reunion. 115 attended of whom 75 were in the year at some point or another, a few of the partners were also RF alumni from years above or below. Guests had flown from New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland and all over Britain. There were many shrieks of delight on arrival when old friends were reunited

and did not recognise one another. We all hugged, laughed and reminisced plenty. There was a showing of our 4th Year Film "Don't Mess with

Werewolves" (Garry and Dee had added a clip at the end depicting what had happened to some

of the characters in the story) as well as a slide show of our younger selves. The entertainment committee amused us with a game of

Bingo using cards that had our first year mugshots instead of numbers. There was a prize for the person who had changed the least (congratulations to Andrew Manktelow). We had speeches, toasts, a Royal Free quiz and danced to 1980s music. One or two were still standing at 4 o'clock in the morning! The general consensus was that in essence we have changed little in the past 25 years but we all look better than we did in the first year ...! There will be a 30 year reunion in 2018 so please let me know of any email changes.

Gisu Cooper (gisu.cooper@gmail.com)

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THIS AND THAT Reunion News

1964 Qualifiers

CLASS OF 1964, 50th REUNION

The Class of ’64 celebrated their 50th Reunion, at the time exam results came out all those years ago, in Bath from the 13th to 16th May, 2014. Conceived as a three-day event, hosted by Pat Jones, it extended to four days, thanks to the generosity of Helen and Richard Clark, who invited us over to Street to visit Clark’s Shoe Museum and enjoy a magnificent lunch.

We met up on Tuesday evening, the 13th May for an informal meal at the Abbey Hotel, where more attention was given to fellow guests than to the food!

On Wednesday morning, we assembled outside the Abbey and enjoyed a tour of the Roman Baths, much expanded and more informative than my visit more than ten years ago. We then, with minor difficulty, joined a Bath Tour bus to see more of the City and get us up the hill to lunch! Refreshed, we continued our tour, largely on foot, of the Georgian splendours of the City. We reconvened on the evening of 14th May at the Pump Room for out Reunion Dinner. After canapés, more chat and photographs, 30 members and ten guests sat down to a delicious and most enjoyable dinner in the Pump Room Terrace, overlooking the Roman Bath, a truly splendid venue for an important occasion.

Thursday brought an early start as we boarded a coach for Highgrove. After passing a reasonably efficient security ‘barrier’, we enjoyed a guided tour round the gardens which Prince Charles has created almost from scratch during a period of 34 years. The garden is set out in themed sections with carefully realized vistas and well-informed planting. It clearly illustrates HRH’s commitment to recycling and provides an appropriate setting for some of the gifts he has received on his many official tours. After lunch and a little shopping, we returned to Bath. The afternoon was free [I went to the Costume Museum] until a meal in one of Bath’s Georgian squares in the evening. As you see, the Class of ’64 marches on its stomach!

Friday was a more leisurely day. We travelled through delightful Somerset countryside and charming villages, got a glimpse of Wells cathedral and reached the bustling centre of Clark’s Archive, Museum and Shopping venue just in time for coffee. The Museum visit was fascinating, a comprehensive collection of shoes of their own manufacture and classic examples of other styles made over many years. People were delighted to encounter the sandals of long-ago summer holidays and the school shoes insisted upon by mothers! My tour was fortunate to be

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joined by Richard Clark, who filled us in on the development of the company – including a female director in the early 1900’s. Clark’s was a far-sighted company in many respects! We returned to Bath mid-afternoon and parted with cheerful goodbyes and a resolution for another Reunion.

Jean Keeling

1984 Qualifiers

30 YEAR REUNION

In the end, 62 of our year, many bringing their partners, got together for a thoroughly enjoyable reunion held at the Ettington Chase Hotel, near Stratford on Avon on 14th June 2014. Two came from Australia, two from Malaysia, and two from the USA. Thanks to the combined efforts of Jane Siddall, David MacPherson

and Lesley Hart, there was a wonderful year book available with contributions from many members of the year who were unable to attend the event. From this, I can tell you that 41 of our year are working as GPs, seven are psychiatrists, six anaesthetists, three neurosurgeons, and one or two of practically everything else. We have five professors, one Postgrad Dean, and two honoured by the Queen. Six have left clinical medicine. We remembered the three members of our year who have sadly died, Sekamoto Kaketla, Arthur Lister and Tom Willson.

It was wonderful to see so many old

friends, and be amazed at how little

some of them had changed. I enjoyed

myself so much that I am planning to

arrange another reunion in five years'

time, when I hope even more of us will

be able to attend.

Barbara Hanak

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1983 Qualifiers

30 YEAR REUNION, 9TH NOVEMBER 2013.

Around ninety of us gathered together at The Holiday Inn, Peterborough to celebrate thirty years since qualifying in 1983. How time flies by! Although the formal dinner took place on Saturday 9th November a good few arrived on Friday and we spent the evening at The Bell Inn in Stilton.

This was our forth reunion. We remain a close knit group and I was delighted that the atmosphere over the weekend was warm and nostalgic. A big thank you to everyone who attended, and especially to those who travelled from all corners of the world. We were honoured to have as our guests again Professor McIntyre and his wife Dr Wendy Kelsey. Neil gave an informative talk on the more recent history of the hospital and medical school and mentioned a few characters that we all remembered from our student days. I would also like to thank Andrew Gallimore for compiling a yearbook which I am pleased to say is now complete!

I would like to take this opportunity to remind Chris Renfrew that he is organising the next one in 2018 God willing!! Take care everyone and I hope to see you all again in 2018.

Peter Howden

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OBITUARIES

Edith Gilchrist 1913-2013

Edith Gilchrist was born in September 1913 - the second child of Alexander and Katherine Gilchrist - and died in July 2013 shortly before her 100th birthday. One of three children, Edith took on a caring role for her elder sibling at an early age. Edith attended Woodford County High School becoming captain of both hockey and cricket teams and in 1931 head girl. Her love of cricket was life-long and she became a member of Lord’s.

Edith qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1938 and in 1942 became resident anaesthetist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge where she acquired the DA. Edith was appointed Staff Anaesthetist at The Royal Free in 1945, and in December married Ian Donaldson, an obstetrician and gynaecologist. Their son David (born 1946) also qualified at The Royal Free and now practises in Australia. In 1953 Edith was awarded the FFARCS.

During her career at The Royal Free, Edith worked primarily with Cecil Joll, a thyroid surgeon, George Qvist, a general surgeon and Dick Dawson, a plastic surgeon. These surgeons were leaders in their respective fields and Edith was much admired for her skill, high standards, humour and team work. Edith had to be infinitely flexible to cope with the unexpected – tantrums and otherwise!

Edith also worked alongside Stanley Rowbotham, a Royal Free consultant anaesthetist who was a great innovator in new anaesthetic equipment and techniques. They became lifelong friends and Edith often visited the family in Madeira. Edith co-ordinated the making of the plaque dedicated to Stanley Rowbotham which now hangs in The Royal College of Anaesthetists among plaques for other very distinguished colleagues.

Edith’s wide interests outside The Royal Free included the history of medicine. She joined The Harveian Society in 1971, became Honorary Secretary in 1984 and the first lady President in 1985/6. Edith was also an active member of The Hunterian Society and The Osler Club. At one time Edith was Vice-President of The History of Anaesthesia Section of The RSM.

Edith was keenly interested in the history of The Royal Free Hospital and undertook the role of archivist. In 1978 she assembled and curated a most comprehensive exhibition for a visit by HM Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the hospital by William Marsden in 1828 - some years before he founded the Marsden Hospital for cancer.

Edith maintained her interest in the Royal Free archives throughout her retirement and was highly respected nationally and internationally for her detailed research. One special contribution concerned a collection of mini-biographies of famous individuals who had qualified or worked at The Royal Free in the early days. These were placed at the entrance to the respective ward (Jex-Blake, Annie Zunz etc), and stimulated great interest in staff, students and the general public.

While Edith published and presented little of her extensive research, it has formed the basis of many other people’s work, papers and presentations. She was a particularly caring person towards her patients, students and trainees. This most modest and unassuming woman upheld the highest of standards in everything she did. Edith Gilchrist was a role model for all who knew her. David Donaldson, Doreen Browne

We also report the sad passing of: Dr Irene Margaret CASSELLS (née McAndrew) in February 2014 aged 84. Irene graduated from the Royal Free in 1952 and spent most of her career as an Anaesthetist in Canada.

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Dr Helen Sapper MSc, DHMSA, FRCGP 1935–2013

Helen Sapper, who died on 29 December, 2013 aged 78, served as a General Practitioner in Acton, west London for over 30 years. Recognised by patients and peers as “inspirational”, she combined excellent clinical competence with a holistic, compassionate approach. She became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1962 and was made a Fellow in 1992. Years ahead of her time, she was a trainer/teacher for medical students and GP registrars. She embraced multi-professional collaboration long before it became the norm, and was involved in research with the Medical Research Council and the RCGP. She undertook medical audit work within her own practice and more widely. This combined with hospital accreditation visits made her an obvious and ready resource for the local health authority for doctors in difficulty. She also mentored overseas health professionals (mainly refugees from war-torn countries) studying for entry into medical practice in the UK. Born in Cardiff and spending her early years in Abertillery, Helen was the only child to her Mancunian Mum and Cockney Dad themselves both born to Jewish immigrant parents, who met while working the markets. Aged 6, she undertook the journey to boarding school in Lytham St Anne’s alone by train from South Wales. She didn’t have a happy time at school and sought refuge in empirical subjects. She excelled at Maths and Science, and playing the piano. She met my Dad, the trade unionist Alan Sapper, in the mid-1950s and they were married for 47 years. They were a formidable team, and his achievements were only made possible by her. With extra-ordinary strength and determination - especially given her sight and hearing constraints - she rebuilt her life after supporting Alan through a series of illnesses that brought him to the end his life over a five year period. She took us on a journey which continued to the end. We had time to say our good- byes. Even in her own treatment, with her Advance Directive, she was continuing the journey, always pushing the boundaries. Helen’s years at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead were some of the best of her life. She loved the new-found freedom and camaraderie. The reunion of her year group that she organised in 1996 - recorded in the yearbook she compiled and published - was a testament to how this group of women were part of a movement that broke the mould in the medical profession. Her affinity and association with the Free continued through her life, she was an active member of the RFA, a member of the Executive Committee and - with the support of Dr Sharron Messenger at the RCGP - she had just agreed to become the School’s archivist when she died. Helen is survived by my sister, Sarah, and I, and grandchildren Cate, Lizzie and Nathan.

Simon Sapper

Andrew K. Burroughs, MD, MBChB Professor Andrew K. Burroughs died early Saturday morning the 15th of March, 2014 at the Royal Free Hospital in London where he had spent most of his career. He was not yet 61. Andy was one of the greatest and most prolific Hepatologists and the true representative of Dame Sheila Sherlock's legacy. For more than thirty years, Andy led world class clinical research in all areas of Hepatology at the Royal Free providing major advances in clinical practice. He was a world leader and an amazing mentor for generations of Hepatologists trained at the Royal Free. He was a member and supporter of the AASLD, having participated in many single topic conferences and courses. Our thoughts go to his family, close friends and colleagues. The hepatology community will miss him. AASLD

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Gwendolyn Florence Service, née Barber

1915-2013

The death occurred of Gwendolyn Florence Service, née Barber M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. on Dec.19, 2013, at the Northwood Care Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born 12 January, 1915 to the late Herbert George Barber and Florence Emily Emma Francis in Harlesden, London, England. After completing school, she entered medical school at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, for Women. (She was the last surviving member of her class). During this time she was an avid oarsman in a “Four” and also tennis player. She graduated with honours in Tropical Medicine. Dr. Barber became employed with the Redhill Hospital in Surrey, England and worked in casualty with many Canadian war-time soldiers. It was at this time she met her future husband, Sgt. Raymond (Pat) Service, (1915-1972), who was with the First Division, Royal Canadian Regiment. In 1944, their only child was born whilst Sgt. Service was in Italy. In mid June 1946, Gwendolyn and Nigel arrived in Halifax aboard the Queen Mary. She became a member of the Pategean Club of Halifax which was a club for war brides. In 1955 she returned to the medical work force in Halifax where she worked in conjunction with Dr. C.J.W. Beckwith doing tuberculin testing (the bubble test) and subsequent inoculation of BCG to thousands of Halifax city school children. At the completion of the grant for this programme, which ran over 10 years, she worked in Dalhousie Student Health as well as assisting in the Medical Technology programme at the then Nova Scotia Institute of Technology on Leeds St. Halifax. She finished her paid career at Margill Secretarial School in 1994 as instructor on the medical secretarial course. Not to be kept out of the medical field, Dr. Service completed her working life as front desk volunteer at IWK Hospital for Sick Children. She is survived by son, Nigel Patrick and his wife Barbara Catherine née Trivett, two grandsons, Nigel Peter Dafydd (Cara); and Nevil Paul (Karen), two great grandchildren Anwen and Callum. Besides her parents, she was also predeceased by a sister Frances Evelyn in 1923. Cremation took place and interment at her parent’s family plot in the New Willesden Cemetery, London, England.

Nigel Service

Dr Tony Simons (qualified 1962)

1929-2013 Laurence Anthony Simons, known as Tony, died on 10th March, 2013. He started at the Royal Free in October 1956. He was a mature student aged 27 years because he had first read law at Jesus College Cambridge and had also done National Service in the RAF. He was an accomplished oarsman and rowed for Jesus College and the RAF. His ambition was always to read Medicine. We all qualified in 1962 and in 2012 we celebrated our 50 years reunion and I was delighted that Tony and his wife, Margaret (née Frankel) also a Royal Free graduate, attended the event in Windsor. After house jobs, Tony decided to train as an anaesthetist and was Anaesthetic Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital. In 1967 he moved with Margaret and their two daughters to the USA to continue training at Massachusetts General in Boston. He decided to stay in Massachusetts and entered private anaesthetic practice. He moved to Lynnfield and their family grew with the addition of two sons. Later he became President of the Massachusetts Society of Anaesthesiologists. Tony had a great interest in people, which made him a wonderful father, a loyal and affectionate friend and above all, an exceptional anaesthetist, giving his patients kindness and confidence during a frightening time prior to surgery. He had many years of enjoyable retirement. He was an accomplished violinist and enjoyed playing in a chamber orchestra. He enjoyed his garden and was a great support to Margaret, who continued to work in general practice. His great delight was his children and grandchildren whom he visited and enjoyed entertaining them at home whenever possible. During 2012 Tony began developing memory loss and cognitive impairment and in November 2012 he had a stroke. He initially recovered enough to allow him to go home to be cared for by Margaret, but sadly he died on 10th March, 2013. We were privileged to attend his memorial service on 26 May, 2013 which was held in his beloved garden with all his family and many friends present. It was a celebration of his life and his ashes were laid to rest in the garden. Patricia Steane