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Iona Caroline Heath CBE FRCGP is an English medical doctor and writer who was president of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) 2009–2012.

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Career

Heath graduated from Cambridge University in 1974. She worked as a GP in Kentish Town in London from 1975 to 2010.

She was first elected a member of RCGP's council in 1989. In June 2009 she was elected President of the RCGP. She was on the WONCA World council of general practice.

In 2014 she chaired a panel looking into the side-effects of statins.

Honours

She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to the Care of Elderly People.

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Iona Heath Wikipedia