Letter: Dr John Marks obituary

Dr John Marks made the British Medical Association effective both as a professional body and as a trade union. Photograph: Garry Weaser/The Guardian

As its chair, John Marks made the British Medical Association effective both as a professional association and a trade union. He championed the reduction of junior doctors’ hours and defended the Abortion Act against attempts to reverse or limit it. From personal experience I know how much he did to encourage doctors starting out in medical politics.