Letter: Dr John Marks obituary

John Chilsholm writes: He championed the reduction of junior doctors’ hours and defended the Abortion Act against attempts to reverse or limit it

As its chair, John Marks made the British Medical Association effective both as a professional association and a trade union. He championed the reduction of junior doctors’ hours and defended the Abortion Act against attempts to reverse or limit it. From personal experience I know how much he did to encourage doctors starting out in medical politics.

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