ABSTRACT
The lifetime contribution of William Hawkins Hylton to the College as a founding member and provost of the South West Faculty were substantial. Prior to 1965, general practice in the United Kingdom was regarded as in crisis. Hylton recognised this need for change. He became chairman of the Postgraduate Committee at the College to drive the College’s efforts to rectify this situation personally. Hylton and the Vocational Training Working Party took full advantage of it to radically alter general practitioner training in the United Kingdom. They presented a document on behalf of the College which was a culmination of their careful preparation to ensure that general practice became a core speciality in medical curricula. By the time of the publication of the Implementation of Vocational Training report in 1967, Hylton had stepped down as chairman, but remained one of the core members, working with a notable array of general practitioners such as John Horder and Patrick Bryne.
