ABSTRACT
John William Chisholm attended Clifton College in Bristol before going on to study at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge and Westminister Hospital Medical School. Chisholm has always played an active role in trying to improve general practice. In 1977, he became a member of the General Medical Services Committee at the British Medical Association which was later renamed the General Practitioners Committee (GPC). Since his appointment, Chisholm led the GPC who, together with representatives from the National Health Service (NHS), negotiated for the NHS Confederation on behalf of the Departments of Health in England and Northern Ireland and the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland on issues ranging from general practitioner salaries to the structure of general practice services. In 2004, Chisholm finished his six-year term as chair of the GPC, having overseen what he believed was the 'the turning point for General Practice’.
