Geoffrey Wetherell was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside. He was born on 6 June 1918, the son of Gertrude Blanche Wetherell née Hapgood and Alfred Wetherell. He studied medicine in Liverpool and, after qualifying in 1943, did his house jobs there. He carried out his war service in the Royal Air Force Medical Services, serving in the Far East Land Forces, and was demobilised as a squadron leader. After the war he returned to Liverpool for further training in orthopaedics, working with T P McMurray and others. He passed his FRCS 1952. In 1953 he was awarded the degree of master of surgery in orthopaedics from Liverpool University. Subsequently he was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Clatterbridge Hospital, where he spent a busy surgical life. An early practitioner of hip replacement surgery, he was an enthusiast for the use of metal-on-metal prostheses. He did not support metal-on-plastic experiments. Spinal surgery was also an expertise he developed. After retiring he remained very energetic and developed many hobbies. He was a keen woodworker and gardener, and enjoyed DIY. In 1948 he married Rosemary (née Mann) and they had three children. David was a solicitor, Roderick was a consultant hand and reconstructive surgeon, and Lindsay trained as a physiotherapist. Geoffrey Wetherell died on 17 July 2006.