TY - JOUR T1 - George Godber GCB JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 294 LP - 294 DO - 10.3399/bjgp09X420446 VL - 59 IS - 561 AU - John Horder Y1 - 2009/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/59/561/294.abstract N2 - Sir George Godber GCB, who died on 7 February this year, was Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and Social Security from 1960 until 1973.His appointment was no surprise. Two predecessors in the same post had marked him as an exceptionally promising, obvious candidate.He made many outstanding contributions to health and medical care – by securing the even distribution of specialists across the whole country; by the development of primary care teams, of health centres and of postgraduate education. He gave essential support to the campaign against cigarette smoking and to making the contraceptive pill available on prescription. He was responsible for the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (1952).He was made an Honorary Fellow of … ER -