A retired Harrogate GP who treated patients for three decades has died at the age of 95.

Dr Christopher Watson began working at Moss Healthcare Harrogate in 1959.

The practice, which has sites on King’s Road and Jennyfields in Harrogate and in Killinghall, said in a social media post yesterday that he died on December 6.

Dr Nick Taylor, a senior partner at Moss Healthcare, said:

“Dr Chris Watson served as a GP at Moss for over 30 years; it is with sadness that we announce his death at the age of 95.

“Many of our older patients will remember his kindness and family orientation, he was a wonderful family doctor”

Dr Watson’s funeral will be held at 2.45pm on 19 December, at St Mark’s Church on Leeds Road.

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