Anthony David Clift

bmj;381/jun02_9/p1260/FAF1faAnthony David Clift (“Tony”) was born in Manchester, where he also went to medical school, which he enjoyed tremendously. He did his national service in the Royal Air Force and was based at Valley in Anglesey. He seriously considered staying on, having generally had a whale of a time there. He eventually opted for general practice, however, spending his formative training—and early married life with Anne—in Carlisle.They moved back to Manchester, in the northern suburb of Middleton, where became a partner in the practice that he nurtured to become the renowned Peterloo Medical Centre. Tony was a terrific administrator and hugely expanded the practice set-up in the 1980s, with numerous innovations in the services that were provided. He was a founding member of the Royal College of GPs, and a great educator of countless trainees and medical students, to whom he and Anne were unfailingly welcoming in the practice and…
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