 Three years later, he was instrumental in establishing the British volume of the "Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery" (BJBJS) and became its editor (serving until his death).He spoke out against the establishment of the National Health Service, writing in 1948 that private practice was an essential component of medical progress.Meanwhile, he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeon's Council between 1943 and 1959; he was appointed the College's Hunterian Professor in 1945 and Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor in 1950, before serving as Vice-President in 1953–54; he delivered the Hunterian Oration in 1959.