ABSTRACT
Dame Annis Gillie was heavily involved in the renaissance of general practice following the war. With the College Dame Annis was a member of the Foundation College and was Council Chair from 1959 to 1962. In parallel with her work at the College, Gillie was involved in another enterprise, which would profoundly influence the course of British medical practice. Gillie has been described by Winner and Ekkehard von Kuenssberg as a ‘model’ chairman of conferences and organisations. In 1930, Gillie married architect Percy Chandler Smith. His practice was destroyed during the war and he was rejected for military service, so for many years Gillie was the main breadwinner in the household. Recommendations in The Gillie Report impacted greatly upon the Report of the Royal Commission on Medical Education 1968, which recognised general practice as a separate medical specialty with dedicated postgraduate training.
