South East Scotland Faculty
A warm welcome from South East Scotland Faculty. We are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. We cover Edinburgh, East and West Lothian, the Scottish Borders and South Fife, supporting 1200 RCGP members, Fellows and GP registrars. As a Faculty, we have a particular interest in supporting our members' CPD and professional development and provide a range of education courses, tailored to local needs, including supporting local medical students and our trainees as well as a number of awards to support and recognise innovation and development.
Get involved
Upcoming events
22 November 2024
Nov 2024 - Part 1 Certificate in the Management of Problem Drug Use (online)
RCGP Scotland's well-regarded two part course designed to assist primary care professionals help and care for people affected by drug use. This course is open to all professionals working in Primary Care. The course will take place online over two mornings. Day 1 - 22 November 2024 09:30 - 13:30 Day 2 - 29 November 2024 09:30 - 13:00
26 November 2024
Managing Conflict in your Practice Team
Join RCGP Scotland and Dr Val McGarrell from Prima Linea Training for this online session specifically for Practice Managers on managing conflict in your practice team.
27 November 2024
Telephone consulting and triage skills
This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practiced effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations.
28 November 2024
The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course
This open to all one-day training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners.
Next board meeting and AGM
We meet four times per year, in February, June, September and November to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to both Scottish and UK Council. All local members are very welcome to attend Board meetings and participate in these discussions – we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us develop our local engagement programme.
The 2024 Faculty Board meetings are scheduled to take place online on:
- Tuesday 27 February 2024
- Tuesday 11 June 2024
- Thursday 5 September 2024
- Thursday 21 November 2024.
Awards and prizes
Allen and Margaret Wilson Award
Awarded biennially to a GP to recognise and congratulate their work in research. The 2023 winner is Dr Kieran Sweeney.
Dr Pat Manson Educators Award
The Dr Pat Manson Educators Award is presented to an educationalist who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of General Practice Speciality Training in South East Scotland. It is intended to recognise the contribution to training by anyone, medical or non-medical, involved in GPST education who is currently working within the region. The winner of the 2023 Award is Dr Patrick Sheil. Applications are open for the 2024 Award, closing date 30 November 2024.
For more information, please visit the RCGP awards page.
Trainee of the Year award
This is awarded to the South East of Scotland trainee who has achieved the highest combined score for the AKT and SCA exams in the preceding twelve months. The 2024 winner is Dr Nikhil Ramnarine.
Meet your faculty
Faculty Officers
- Dr Babar Akbar - Chair and Scottish Council Rep
- Dr Ed Russell-Smith - Provost
- Dr Yusuf Lalloo - Honorary Treasurer
Faculty Board members
- Dr Robert Duncan
- Dr Sian Tucker - UK Council Rep
- Dr Niall Campbell - UK Council Deputy Rep
- Dr Susan Arnold
- Dr Paul Bailey
- Dr Stuart Blake
- Dr Katie Cathrow - Education Lead
- Dr Jenny English
- Dr Rob Lawson
- Dr Carey Lunan
- Dr Robert Manson
- Dr Katherina Tober - F5 Lead
- Dr Elika Aspinall - Sustainability Rep
- Dr Cameron Kennedy
- Dr Kristian Turnbull
- Dr Jane McManus
- Dr Sukhdeep Gill
- Ms Pauline Hutton and Ms Theresa Cameron - Practice Manager Representative
- Ms Fiona McIntyre - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Representative
- Ms Janice Bailey - Patient Representative
- Ms Honor Mackay - ANP Representative
- Dr Michael Ravelo – AiT rep
- Dr Luisa Lopez Rojas – AiT rep
Contact us
RCGP South East Scotland Faculty
Telephone: 0203 188 7730
Email: sescotland@rcgp.org.uk
Your Faculty Support Officer is Diana Lints.
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