{{Short description|British doctor and civil servant (1927–2022)}}{{Infobox officeholder | image = Liz Shore fair use.jpg | birth_name = Elizabeth Catherine Wrong | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|8|19|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|20 |1927|8|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oxford, England | parents = Edward Murray Wrong (father) | education = Oxford High School<br>Cheltenham Ladies' College | alma_mater = Newnham College, Cambridge<br>Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital | spouse = Peter Shore (m.1948) | children = 4 | honorific_suffix = CB | office = Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England | term_start = {{start date|1977}} | term_end = {{end date|1985}} | successor = Michael Abrams | 1blankname = Chief | 1namedata = Henry Yellowlees<br>Donald Acheson | occupation = General practitioner, civil servant | relations = Oliver Wrong (brother)<br>Michela Wrong (niece) }}
'''Elizabeth Catherine "Liz" Shore, Lady Shore of Stepney''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|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.
==Early life== 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.<ref name=bmj>{{cite journal|title=Elizabeth Shore: former deputy chief medical officer for England who championed women in medicine|doi=10.1136/bmj.o659|journal=The BMJ|year=2022|volume=376|page=o659|first=Peter|last=Bramwell|s2cid=247475462 }}</ref> She returned to England at ten years old and attended Oxford High School and Cheltenham Ladies' College.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/18/dr-liz-shore-obituary|work=The Guardian|first=Penny|last=Warren|title=Dr Liz Shore obituary|date=19 March 2022|accessdate=29 December 2022|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229081641/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/18/dr-liz-shore-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> She went on to graduate from Newnham College, Cambridge, before completing medical training at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/03/11/lady-shore-senior-civil-servant-championed-cause-women-medicine/|title=Lady Shore, senior civil servant who championed the cause of women in medicine – obituary|date=11 March 2022|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=29 December 2022|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229081626/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/03/11/lady-shore-senior-civil-servant-championed-cause-women-medicine/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=bmj/>
==Career== Shore began her career as a general practitioner in London and Harlow, Essex.<ref name=guardian/> She held public health posts with Hertfordshire County Council and then London County Council, before joining the Ministry of Health in Whitehall in 1962.<ref name=telegraph/> When she was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in 1977, one of her primary initiatives was to support women doctors to return to the medical workforce after having children and to encourage the progression of women doctors to more senior positions within the health service.<ref name=bmj/> She was also involved in restructuring the National Health Service to increase the ratio of senior to junior doctors by adding additional consultant positions.<ref name=guardian/> She 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.<ref name=bmj/> Although Shore was reported to be the strongest candidate, her nomination was vetoed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher due to Shore's husband's affiliation to the opposing Labour Party.<ref name=bmj/><ref name=guardian/>
Disillusioned with the Conservatives, 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.<ref name=guardian/> She 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.<ref name=telegraph/>
==Later life== Liz Shore became Lady Shore of Stepney in 1997 when her husband was appointed to the House of Lords after holding a seat in parliament for over three decades, although she preferred the title "Dr" to "Lady".<ref name=bmj/> She retired to St Ives, Cornwall, and died on 20 February 2022.<ref name=telegraph/>
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