Liz Shore
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19 August 1927
Liz Shore | |
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| Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England | |
| In office 1977 – 1985 | |
| Chief | Henry Yellowlees Donald Acheson |
| Succeeded by | Michael Abrams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Catherine Wrong 19 August 1927 Oxford, England |
| Died | 20 February 2022 (aged 94) |
| Spouse | Peter Shore (m.1984) |
| Relations | Oliver Wrong (brother) Michela Wrong (niece) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent | Edward Murray Wrong (father) |
| Education | Oxford High School Cheltenham Ladies' College |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Occupation | General practitioner, civil servant |
Elizabeth Catherine "Liz" Shore, Lady Shore of Stepney, CB (née Wrong; 19 August 1927 – 20 February 2022) was a British general practitioner and civil servant who served as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1985. She introduced measures to encourage women doctors to return to work after having children, and support their promotion within the health service.
Elizabeth Catherine Wrong was born in 1927 in Oxford to Rosalind and Edward Murray Wrong, both historians. Her father died when she was young and she was sent with two of her siblings to live with their grandfather in Canada.[1] She returned to England at ten years old and attended Oxford High School and Cheltenham Ladies' College.[2] She went on to graduate from Newnham College, Cambridge, before completing medical training at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital.[3] She married Peter Shore, a Labour Party politician whom she had met at Cambridge, in 1948. They had four children together: Thomasina, Tacy, Piers and Crispin.[1]