John Henry Marks
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John Henry Marks Known universally as Dr. John Marks (born 30 May 1925, Tottenham, London) was the Chairman of the British Medical Association, 1984-90. His six year term is unique - at the time he wes leading the Association and the profession in a campaign against Kenneth Clarke's "reforms" of the NHS based on an untried concept of an "Internal merket".
He was educated at Tottenham County School and Edinburgh University, qualifying on July 5 1948, the day that the NHS started. Following hospital posts and service in the RAMC he worked as a General Practitioner in Borehamwood, 1954-90.
He is an MD, a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and a DObst RCOG of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. His autobiography "The NHS,beginning middle and end? - the autobiography of Dr. John Marks" was published in May 2008.
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