Ken Easton

Kenneth Charles Easton FRCGP OBE OStJ (1924–8 February 2001) was doctor who worked as a General Practitioner in Catterick.

He is known for his work in organising immediate care schemes, increasing the provision of specialist medical help at the scene of accidents.

[1]: 868  While studying medicine there in 1945, heassisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student.

[2][3][4] In 1967, Easton set up a Road Accident After Care Scheme (RAACS) in North Riding, Yorkshire.

[5] This was an important innovation that helped provide a model for immediate care schemes that emerged in the United Kingdom.

Group photo of London Medical students who went to Belsen