Former general practitioner Alexandria, Dunbartonshire (b Alexandria 1915; q Glasgow 1939), d 18 August 2001. As a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the second world war, he served mostly in north Africa where he wrote and produced shows for the troops. His 1945 script for Babes in the Desert survives to this day. In 1946 Iain started in practice in Alexandria with his cousin and in succession to his father. He helped see the practice through the birth of the NHS and a move from a home based to a surgery based practice. He also worked at the Vale of Leven Hospital and became involved in medical politics. Iain was made a fellow of the BMA and played a part in the design of multipractice health centres and the development of an appointment system that forms the basis of many systems in use in large surgeries today. In 1975, he retired to the shores of Loch Fyne, where he indulged his love of renovating and mucking about in boats. He leaves a wife, Sheila; and two daughters. DAVID DUFF
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