Dr John Hurst MB, DPM, FRCPsych: Formerly Consultant in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Lea Castle Centre, Wolverly, Nr. Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Abstract

![Figure][1] Dr John Hurst's approach to the treatment of people with intellectual disabilities was ahead of its time. In the early 1970s, John, who has died aged 79, developed the pre-discharge unit at South Ockenden Hospital, Essex, as a therapeutic community, as well as a number of