bmj;387/oct28_17/q2376/FAF1faKen undertook GP training in Ipswich after junior hospital appointments, and became a partner in Woodbridge. Moves to Chagford and Elsenham preceded an appointment to Teignmouth in 1973 where he remained a single handed family doctor for the rest of his career. He was medical officer at Teignmouth Hospital and port, radiotherapy clinical assistant at Torbay Hospital, and medical officer at Marks and Spencer. He also undertook research into hypertension and obesity. After retirement Ken was a Maritime and Coastguard Agency examiner, a cruise liner doctor, and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service member. He was a man with many interests outside medicine, particularly history and boats. He leaves his wife, Vivienne; three children by his first marriage; eight grandchildren; and six step grandchildren.
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