Harry Dalton

bmj;385/jun21_3/q1368/FAF1faHarry Dalton, formerly consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH), has died at the age of 65.Harry was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, in 1958. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, and Charing Cross Medical School, London, qualifying in 1983. Junior posts included a year as a senior house officer in general medicine at Treliske Hospital, Cornwall. Following a registrar post at St George’s Hospital, London, and an academic post in Oxford he completed his specialist training in gastroenterology in Leeds. In 1994 he returned to Cornwall, having been appointed as a consultant gastroenterologist at his old hospital. He spent most of the rest of his career in Cornwall.Harry made innovative changes to the gastroenterology service at RCH, developing and expanding the endoscopy service, in particular. He was one of the founders of Jaundice Hotline, a multidisciplinary clinic that saw referred patients rapidly—with clinical assessment, laboratory…
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