13 Facts About Liz Shore

Elizabeth Catherine "Liz" Shore, Lady Shore of Stepney, was a British general practitioner and civil servant who served as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1985.

Liz Shore introduced measures to encourage women doctors to return to work after having children, and support their promotion within the health service.

Liz Shore's father died when she was young and she was sent with two of her siblings to live with their grandfather in Canada.

Liz Shore returned to England at ten years old and attended Oxford High School and Cheltenham Ladies' College.

Liz Shore went on to graduate from Newnham College, Cambridge, before completing medical training at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Liz Shore married Peter Shore, a Labour Party politician whom she had met at Cambridge, in 1948.

Liz Shore began her career as a general practitioner in London and Harlow, Essex.

Liz Shore held public health posts with Hertfordshire County Council and then London County Council, before joining the Ministry of Health in Whitehall in 1962.

Liz Shore was involved in restructuring the National Health Service to increase the ratio of senior to junior doctors by adding additional consultant positions.

Liz Shore was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1980 for her contribution to health service and she was nominated for promotion to Chief Medical Officer in 1984.

Disillusioned with the Conservatives, Liz Shore stepped down from her position in 1985 and left civil service to become a dean of postgraduate medical education for the North West Thames Regional Health Authority.

Liz Shore was a member of the General Medical Council from 1989 to 1994 and was president of the Medical Women's Federation from 1990 to 1992.

Liz Shore retired to St Ives, Cornwall, and died on 20 February 2022.