returning from france, bedford in 1926 was appointed paterson research scholar at the london hospital and assistant physician to the middlesex hospital. at the cardiac club he became a member in 1928 and was the club's secretary from 1932 to 1936. in 1931 he was elected frcp. in 1933 he was appointed physician to outpatients at the national heart hospital. with j. maurice campbell, bedford was the co-editor of the "british heart journal" from 1939 to 1947 when he resigned.