Dear Friends,

We have had to take our time in saying something, as it has hit our hearts very hard. 

We were all shocked and devastated by the tragic news that Dr Mike Mosley passed away while on holiday on a Greek island. The four days of searching for him were unbearable for his family and difficult for anyone who knew him. We were sending messages of support from the DU community to his wife Clare throughout these painful few days. 

Mike, Clare and their son Jack have been keen supporters of DoctorsUpdates for several years. Mike’s contributions to our conferences were always thought-provoking, enlightening, energetic and entertaining. His wisdom, insight and the fact that many of the experiments he had performed on himself made many of us adopt his ideas and change our everyday habits to our own benefit. From the tributes seen over the last days, it seems he has changed many people’s lives for the better across the world.

Mike enjoyed our meetings, and he has admitted to us that attending the multidisciplinary sessions and chatting to registrants gave him new insights and ideas that acted as inspiration for his podcasts and TV programmes.

He was a true one-off: an original thinker with a flair for communication and a style all of his own. We will all miss him dearly, and our thoughts are now with Clare, Jack and the rest of his family.

The DU community has lost a friend, colleague and visionary; we are planning a tribute to Mike in future conferences so that his legacy lives on.

Thank you Mike for everything you brought to our lives, we were so lucky to have been a part of yours. 

On behalf of the Doctors Updates Family

Bernie, Jane, William