Background
Heaton-Ward, William Alan was born on December 19, 1919 in Durham, England. Son of Ralph and Mabel (Orton) H.-W.
Heaton-Ward, William Alan was born on December 19, 1919 in Durham, England. Son of Ralph and Mabel (Orton) H.-W.
Student, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol, England, 1936. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Bristol University, 1944. Diploma in Psychological Medicine, Bristol University, 1948.
Junior clerk, W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd., Bristol, 1936-1938; house physician, Bristol Royal Infirmary, 1944-1945; assistant medical officer, Littlemore Psychiatric Hospital, Oxford, 1945-1946; senior psychiatric registrar, St. James Psychiatric Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 1948-1950; deputy medical superintendent, Brentry Hospital, Bristol, 1950-1954; medical superintendent, Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol, 1954-1961; consultant psychiatrist in charge, Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol, 1961-1978; honorary consultant psychiatrist, Frenchay Health District, Bristol, since 1978. Lord Chancellor's medical visiting Court of Protection, London, 1978-1990.
Vice president Fortune Center Riding Therapy, Bransgore, New Forest, since 1980, RESCARE, since 1995, Avonriding Center, Bristol. Surgeon, lieutenant Commander British Royal Navy, 1946-1948. Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists (vice president 1975-1978, Blake Marsh lecturer 1976).
Member American Association Physician Analysts (honorary), British Medical Association, Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, Bristol Medico-Legal Society, Bristol Savages.
Married Christine Edith Fraser, March 28, 1945 (separated). Children: Nicola Christine Kennedy, Lindsay Maldini.