Retirement

 

Dr Laurence Leaver MA (Cam), BM BCh (Oxf), FRCP (Lond), FRCGP, FHEA

Dr Laurence Leaver is retiring from the Practice at the end of December 2026 after nearly 31 years.  We are sure you will join us in congratulating him on his long contribution to the Practice. A book will be available in Reception throughout November and December for anyone wishing to write a message. Messages can also be sent by post or email.

A message from Dr Leaver

It has been a great privilege to meet and get to know so many patients over the years- we serve a wonderful population, who have been so appreciative of their care, so kind in helping with teaching medical students, and so understanding when I run late. It has been a pleasure to be able to help them, often at a formative stage in impressive careers, and very satisfying to feel that we have made a difference. I shall miss the patients and the colleagues, but I know those patients will be looked after superbly by those very colleagues that I have had the opportunity to pick, and in one case, teach!

Biography

Laurence arrived as a partner at Jericho Health centre on 1st April 1996. He completed his GP training in Bedfordshire having previously worked on the Spinal Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, as well as at various local hospitals. Before this he did his clinical studies (BM) in Oxford at Green College and his first three years (BA) in Cambridge at Emmanuel College. He got married in Oxford to Ro, a nurse he met during his first job at the Churchill Hospital.

He joined as a Partner with Dr Kenworthy-Browne and Dr Bogdanor and has worked with many doctors over the years, becoming senior partner in 2015. Before mobile phones, he was on call from home every other night and weekends, delivered babies, performed minor surgery and worked Saturday mornings. 

He was Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer for the Department of Primary Care and was Senior Doll and Governing Body Fellow at Green Templeton College 2004-2022, where he extensively developed college-based medical teaching. He has received awards for teaching, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University in 2023. He was secretary of the College Doctors Association 2014-2017 and Associate Director of Preclinical Studies for welfare 2017-2021. He was awarded fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians ( a rare honour for GPs) and the Royal College of General Practitioners, as well as the Higher Education Academy.

Laurence became interested in adult ADHD because of the lack of NHS services for patients at the time.  Many patients in the Practice, and medical students he supported, were suffering because their ADHD was not being addressed in NHS secondary care. He tried to engage with the local commissioning group and mental health trust, to help improve services. When local commissioners failed to fund agreed services which had been designed with his input, he trained to manage patients himself. Since then, he joined the executive committee of the UK Adult ADHD Network (which provides training for professionals managing ADHD) and is now a director. He has approximately 30 publications, with about 10 recent papers relating to ADHD.

Laurence has always been clear that he would not have been able to achieve all of this without the support of his wonderful wife, Ro, and their three sons. 

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Published: Nov 12, 2026