Awards

1981
OBE
Queen’s Birthday Honours List

1999
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours List

1997
Honorary Doctor of Science, De Montfort University

2003
Honorary Doctor of Medicine, University of Nottingham

2009
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Exeter

1966
Gold Medal of the Hunterian Society

1967
Sir Charles Hastings Prize of the BMA

1969
Gold Medal of the Hunterian Society

1978
George Abercrombie Award for contributions to the literature

1980
Foundation Council Award of the Royal College of General Practitioners

1981
Sir Harry Platt Prize

1989
Silver Medal of the SIMG, Florence, Italy

1997
Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Health

1997
Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health

1999
Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

1999
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London

2000
Honorary Member of the Cuban Association of Family Physicians, Cuba

2000
Honorary Member of the Polish Association of Family Physicians, Poland

2001
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin

2003
Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners Royal College of Surgeons , London

2013
Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators

2023
Life-Time Achievement Award of the Royal College of General Practitioners

2024
The Times-Sternberg Award for exceptional contributions to public life after the age of 70