Julian Tudor Hart - Biography

Biography

He studied medicine at Cambridge University and in London.

He worked for 30 years as a general practitioner in Glyncorrwg, West Glamorgan, Wales, where his partner was Dr Brian Gibbons, later minister for health in Wales. He is a passionate advocate of the National Health Service and of socialism. He is President of the Socialist Health Association.

In 2006 he was awarded the inaugural Discovery Prize by the Royal College of General Practitioners as " a general practitioner who has captured the imagination of generations of GPs with his groundbreaking research... His practice in Glyncorrwg, Wales, was the first in the UK to be recognised as a research practice, piloting many Medical Research Council studies. He was also the first doctor to routinely measure every patient’s blood pressure and as a result was able to reduce premature mortality in high risk patients at his practice by 30%. Graham Watt, Professor of General Practice at the University of Glasgow, nominated Dr Tudor Hart for the award. Professor Watt said: “His ideas and example pervade modern general practice and remain at the cutting edge of thinking and practice concerning health improvement in primary care. His work on hypertension showed how high quality records, teamwork and audit are the keys to health improvement. His life-long commitment to the daily tasks of general practice has always given his work and views a salience and credibility with fellow general practitioners. Julian Tudor Hart has been and will remain an inspiration to health practitioners and the communities they serve.”