Philip Owen Nicholas

bmj;379/oct27_11/o2564/FAF1faMy father, Philip Owen Nicholas, was born in Gloucester. He was the younger of two children and attended Sir Thomas Rich’s school in Gloucester, where his father was deputy head. He was not a natural scholar but worked hard and got into Bristol University medical school in 1947.Philip completed his house jobs in Bristol before doing national service in Germany. On his return to the UK he worked at Blackburn Royal infirmary where he met his future wife, Sue (my mum). They went to Edinburgh together and Philip worked in paediatrics there.Philip was always interested in both child and public health. He worked as deputy medical officer of health in Castleford, Doncaster, and later in Bolton. In 1969 he was appointed as medical officer of health in Birkenhead. His work was really important to him, and he worked incredibly hard trying to make a difference to people’s lives through good…
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