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Stuart Carne

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Dr Stuart Carne
CBE FRCGP
Born
Stuart John Carne

(1926-06-19) 19 June 1926 (age 98)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materMiddlesex Hospital Medical School
OccupationGeneral practitioner (retired)
SpouseYolande Carne (m. 1951; died 2019)
Childrenfour

Stuart John Carne CBE FRCGP (born 19 June 1926) is a British retired medical general practitioner.

Early life and education

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Stuart Carne was born in London to Bernard and Millicent Carne. He attended Willesden County Grammar School and graduated from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1951.[1][2]

Personal life

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On 16 December 1951, Carne married Yolande Cooper. They have four children and three grandchildren.

Medical career

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Carne founded the Grove Health Centre[3] in Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London in 1967, which was opened by the Minister of Health, Kenneth Robinson, and from the start it proved to be a success. At the time, the building was regarded as a model of its kind and the practice is still running at new, modern premises around the corner at Richford Gate.[4]

In 1970, Carne was appointed senior tutor in general practice at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital.[1]

In 1976, Carne was elected president of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies (WONCA).[5] He was elected president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1988, in which role he was succeeded by the Prince of Wales in 1991.[6] He was chairman of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee (1982-1986), chairman of the Joint Committee on Contraception (1983-1986), honorary civil consultant in general practice to the RAF (1974- ), president of the Section of General Practice of the Royal Society of Medicine (1973-1974) and an examiner in medicine at the Society of Apothecaries (1980-1988).

Honours and awards

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Carne was appointed OBE in 1977 and CBE in 1986.[1][2]

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In 1959, Carne became honorary medical officer to the Queens Park Rangers Football Club, a position he held for thirty years until retiring in 1989 when he was appointed vice-president of the club.[1][2][7][8]

Published work

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  • Paediatric Care: Child Health in Family Practice (1976) ISBN 9780397582167

References

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  1. ^ a b c d [1], Who's Who
  2. ^ a b c [2], Debrett's People of Today
  3. ^ [3], Grove Health Centre History
  4. ^ [4], Richford Gate Medical Practice
  5. ^ [5], Wonca History
  6. ^ [6], Presidents & Chairmen of the RCGP
  7. ^ [7], General practitioner to a football club - British Medical Journal BMJ 1981;283:766
  8. ^ [8], Mixing Business with Leisure? The Football Club Doctor, Sports Medicine and the Voluntary Tradition, pages 69-91 by Neil Carter