Brian Edward Crawley was head of the Department of Anaesthesia and drove the development of a high grade intensive care unit. He became clinical tutor at the postgraduate centre and was an inspiration to many of his junior colleagues. He was instrumental in developing both the local private hospital and the local hospice, which was the first in Kent. He also worked for two years at the King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia, again as head of department. After his early retirement due to paralysis in 1991, he helped to develop programmes of study for young clinicians at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences. Latterly his charity work for the League of Friends yielded enormous dividend. His great stoicism in dealing with his illness was inspirational. He was greatly respected by his family, friends, and the community and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by a wife, Nina, and three sons, David, Andrew, and James.
Former consultant anaesthetist Kent and Canterbury Hospital (b 1933; q St Mary’s Hospital, London, 1959; FRCA), died from congestive heart failure on 30 March 2007.