George Godber

Sir
George Godber
GCB
Born(1908-08-04)4 August 1908
Died7 February 2009(2009-02-07) (aged 100)
Known forChief Medical Officer, England

Sir George Edward Godber GCB (4 August 1908 – 7 February 2009) served as Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government in England from 1960 to 1973.[1] He was also part of the team that planned the National Health Service (NHS) and, as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and subsequently Chief Medical Officer, campaigned against smoking and for immunization against polio and diphtheria.[2] He was chair of the committee that published the three Cogwheel Reports on the organisation of work in hospitals.[3]

  1. ^ "Godber, Sir George (Edward), (4 Aug. 1908–7 Feb. 2009), Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, Department of Education and Science, and Home Office, 1960–73". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U17325. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  2. ^ Klein, Rudolf (3 October 1990). "The state and the profession: the politics of the double bed". British Medical Journal. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ^ Rivett, Geoffrey. "1968–1977: Rethinking the National Health Service". The history of the NHS. Nuffield Trust. Retrieved 3 January 2024.