Charlotte Jones: Monmouth’s first female GP

Having achieved a foothold in the community hospital she performed minor surgery, carried out x rays, and applied plaster casts. In January 2021 she became the first person in Monmouth to receive the covid vaccination, administered by Brian Harries in the surgery she set up, now a teaching practice,...

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 379; p. o2995
Main Author Lyall, Joanna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 13.12.2022
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Family planning
Fund raising
Health visiting
Hospitals
Maternity & paternity leaves
Obituaries
Obstetrics
Patients
Physicians
Surgery
Vaccination
United Kingdom > UK
Wales
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Summary:Having achieved a foothold in the community hospital she performed minor surgery, carried out x rays, and applied plaster casts. In January 2021 she became the first person in Monmouth to receive the covid vaccination, administered by Brian Harries in the surgery she set up, now a teaching practice, which includes a list of 5000 patients, three partners, and a nurse practitioner, plus attached midwives, health visitors, and counsellors In a video of the occasion, made for Monmouth County Council, she urged patients to get vaccinated, recalling her time as a medical student when she saw polio patients in iron lungs. Charlotte Jones (b 1927; q Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London, 1952; DObst RCOG), died from the frailty of old age on 27 October 2022
ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.o2995