[4] Morley read Natural Sciences at Clare College, Cambridge[1] and completed his undergraduate education at St Thomas's Hospital,[5] from where he qualified in medicine in 1947.

[3] In 1951 Morley took a junior hospital post[1] in Sunderland, and then in 1953 moved to Newcastle where he worked with James Spence and Donald Court.

"[7] He found that low-cost healthcare initiatives within the community were more effective in treating infant mortality than hospital treatment, work that has influenced governments and agencies globally.

[4] A double-ended plastic spoon allowed mothers to accurately measure the correct proportions of salt and sugar to treat dehydration successfully using oral rehydration therapy.

[4] He also devised an asthma inhaler made from old plastic drink bottles,[1] and a simple Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measuring tape for detecting severe malnutrition.

[4] He was closely involved with innovative research together with Dr Michael Elmore-Meegan of ICROSS with whom he published a series of studies.