Iona Heath


Iona Caroline Heath is an English medical doctor and writer who was president of the Royal College of General Practitioners from 2009–2012.

Career

Heath graduated from Cambridge University in 1974. She worked as a GP in Kentish Town in London from 1975 to 2010.
She was first elected a member of RCGP's council in 1989. In June 2009 she was elected President of the RCGP. She was on the WONCA World council of general practice. She developed a second career by becoming a speaker at national and international events and acting as adviser to practising doctors.
In 2014 she chaired a panel looking into the side-effects of statins.

Honours

She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to the Care of Elderly People.

Publications