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
27 February 2025
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...
04 March 2025
South East Scotland Faculty Board Meeting - March 2025
South East Scotland Faculty Chair, Dr Babar Akbar and members of the Faculty Board, would like to invite you to the Faculty Board meeting that will take place on Tuesday 4 March...
06 March 2025
A trainer’s guide to the SCA: an introduction
Join us for the first of a two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam. This informative webinar introduces the SCA exam and is led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger...
06 March 2025
Portrait Series | The academic rainbow with Professor Amanda Howe
Join RCGP West Scotland's latest episode of the Portrait Series, where we connect you with some of the most inspiring leaders across primary care and beyond. We'll hear from...
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 next Faculty Board meeting is scheduled to take place online on:
- Tuesday 4 March 2025
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 2024 Award is Dr Sigi Joseph.
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
- Dr Katie Cathrow – Vice Chair and Education Lead
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 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 Sukhdeep Gill
- Dr Jiffry Samsudeen – IMG Co-Lead
- Dr Umar Abdullahi – IMG Co-Lead
- Ms Pauline Hutton and Ms Theresa Cameron - Practice Manager Representative
- Ms Fiona McIntyre - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Representative
- Ms Honor Mackay - ANP Representative
- Dr Michael Ravelo – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Luisa Lopez Rojas – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Hope Nwinee – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Lauren Ng – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Matthew Bulkeley – Sessional GP 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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