John Hindle trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital and after junior posts specialised in accident and emergency surgery. He was a registrar to Tilbury and Riverside Hospital and Accident Officer at the Middlesex Hospital before being appointed consultant in charge of the emergency department at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He wrote extensively on the management of hand injuries and of multiple injuries, and studied the provision of accident and emergency services in Russia. He died on 1 January 1997, leaving a widow, Gweno, two sons, Hugh and Peter, and grandchildren, Jenny, Sally, Lucy and Ross.