George Godber

Sir George Edward Godber GCB (4 August 1908 – 7 February 2009) was an English General practitioner, who served as Chief Medical Officer for the Government of the United Kingdom from 1960 to 1973. He was also part of the team that planned the National Health Service (NHS) and, as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and subsequently Chief Medical Officer, campaigned against smoking and for immunization against polio and diphtheria. He was chair of the committee that published the three Cogwheel Reports on the organisation of work in hospitals.