William Henry Moffatt
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-d (Published 10 February 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:366
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William Henry Moffatt
Former consultant physician Greenisland and Whiteabbey hospitals (b 1926; q Queen’s University, Belfast, 1950; FRCPI 1956), died from liver cancer on 27 November 2004.Bill undertook national service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in the Suez Canal zone. After working in various hospitals including Doncaster, Cheltenham, and Bournemouth he returned to Northern Ireland as consultant physician in geriatric medicine.
In his working life and in retirement he was extremely active, holding the positions of director ofthe Northern Ireland Advisory Service, chairman of the University of Ulster’s ethical committee, member of Northern Health Board, trustee of Leopardstown Trust, Dublin, member of the War Pensions Committee and the Belfast Charitable Society.
He was awarded the OBE in 1987 and was appointed justice of the peace in 1977.
He leaves a wife, Elsie; three children; and four grandchildren. [D H Allen]