John Edwin Forde Bruce was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Nottingham. He gained his FRCS in 1967. He carried out his postgraduate training in London and in 1975 was appointed as a consultant at King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield and the City Hospital, Nottingham. He was president of the Nottingham Medico Chirurgical Society in 1997 and a member of the Gynaecological Visiting Society. Outside medicine he enjoyed playing rugby, golf, bowls, skiing and motorcars. He died on 7 September 2015 from bowel cancer and was survived by his wife, Bryana, and a daughter and son.