East Scotland Faculty
Welcome from 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 Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and North Fife, supporting over 500 RCGP members and their peers. 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 from GP registrars through to retired members.
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Upcoming events
17 July 2025
SCA cases and panel discussion (free preparation webinar)
Join us for the concluding instalment of our two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam, led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Dr Robin Simpson, and Dr Jim...
29 July 2025
GP registrar Hustings 2025
Join us to hear from the candidates standing to be the next GP registrar Chair on College Council.
31 July 2025
The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course | 31 July 2025
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...
14 August 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...
Board meetings
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 the College Council. All local members are very welcome to attend Board meetings and participate in these discussions and we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us develop our local engagement programme.
The 2025 Faculty Board meetings are scheduled to take place online on:
- Wednesday 5 March 2025
- Wednesday 11 June 2025
- Thursday 11 September 2025
- Wednesday 19 November 2025
Awards and prizes
We are pleased to offer the following awards:
- The John Lawson Award to a final year student for excellence in general practice. The 2025 prize was awarded to Ahmad Miakhail.
- The Art of Rural General Practice Award to a S3/D5 student whose piece of submitted creative work is judged to best capture the essence of rural general practice. The 2025 prize was awarded to Megan Chase.
- 4th Year Merit Prize Award to the outstanding student for excellence in 4th year GP attachment. The 2024 prize was awarded to Miles Keenan.
- Community Engagement Project Prize awarded to a S3 student who has demonstrated exceptional community engagement to the reputational benefit of ScotGEM Programme. The 2024 prize was awarded to Rosie James.
- The Provost Medal promotes quality and excellence by recognising the outstanding achievements of an individual GP in the East Scotland Faculty area. Dr Alex Watson is the winner of the 2025 Provost Medal.
- Faculty General Practice Education Award for distinguished work in the field of medical education, recognises GP educationalists who have ‘gone the extra mile’ to deliver high quality personal teaching to young doctors preparing for careers in general practice. Dr Barney Reilly is the winner of the 2025 Faculty Education Award.
Please contact us for more information
Meet your faculty
Faculty Officers
Dr Munro Stewart - Chair and UK Council Rep
- Dr Laura Roberts - Vice Chair and Honorary Secretary
- Dr David Shackles - Provost
- Dr Shawkat Hasan - Honorary Treasurer
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Scott Jamieson - Scottish Council Rep
- Dr Amy Knighton – Scottish Council Rep
- Dr Lloyd Thompson - Education Lead
- Dr Julie Kanya - GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Anna Podlasek – F5 Rep
- Dr Umar Abdullahi – IMG Rep
- Dr Karen Nicolson
- Dr Claire Stubbings
- Dr Paula Roberts
- Dr Gordon McLeay
- Dr Kevin McConville
- Dr Pauline Law
- Dr Issy Penner
- Dr Richard Humble
- Dr David Shaw
- Dr Chris Mair
- Dr Lloyd Hughes
- Dr Yvonne Wedekind
Contact us
RCGP East Scotland Faculty
Telephone: 020 3188 7730
Email: escotland@rcgp.org.uk
Your Faculty Support Officer is Diana Lints
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Name and area of the faculty
1. The name of the Faculty shall be East Scotland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
The area of the Faculty shall include Tayside and North Fife.
Any change in the name of or the area covered by the East Scotland Faculty shall be determined by the Council of the College after consultation with the Board of the East Scotland Faculty and with those of neighbouring Faculties.
Aims and objectives of the East Scotland Faculty
2. The East Scotland Faculty represents the Royal College of General Practitioners in the area of Tayside and North Fife. Its aims and objectives are identical with the aims and objectives of the College. The East Scotland Faculty shall be bound by, and adhere to, the Royal Charter, the Ordinances and Bye-laws of the College for the time being in force.
Membership of the faculty
3. The members and associates of the East Scotland Faculty shall (subject to transfers) be those members and associates of the College whose registered addresses are within the area of the East Scotland Faculty. Any member or associate of one Faculty may, upon application, be transferred to another Faculty.
Rights of faculty members and associates
4. (A) Members of the East Scotland Faculty shall be entitled to receive all notices sent out by the Faculty, to attend, speak and vote at any General Meeting, and generally to participate in the activities of the Faculty.
(B) Associates of the East Scotland Faculty shall be entitled to receive all general notices sent out by the Faculty, to attend any meeting of the East Scotland Faculty, and generally to participate in any activities of the East Scotland Faculty; but they shall not be entitled to vote at a meeting of a Faculty, except upon the election of associates to the Board of the Faculty. Associates appointed to the Board or any committee shall be entitled to vote at meetings of the Board of such committee.
Meetings of the faculty
5. (A) Meetings of the Faculty, for which all members and associates of the Faculty must receive notice, shall be (i) Annual General, (ii) General, and (iii) Extraordinary General. The Quorum of any general meeting of the Faculty shall be a minimum of six. If within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the beginning of the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall be abandoned. In the case of the Annual General Meeting, if a quorum is not present, the Board may make such decisions as are considered necessary for the continued functioning of the Faculty.
(i) Annual General Meetings...
(ii) General Meetings...
(iii) Extraordinary General Meetings...
(B) The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to any member or associate of the Faculty shall not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.
(C) At all meetings of the Faculty 15 shall be the quorum.
The board of faculty
6. The management of the affairs of the Faculty shall be vested in a Board...
(A) Members of the Board of the Faculty
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(B) Officers of the Board of the Faculty
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(C) Meetings of the Board
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Finances of the faculty
7. (A) A grant to be determined from time to time by Council will be allocated from College funds to cover Faculty expenses.
(B) The Faculty shall maintain an imprest banking account...
(C) A balance sheet and profit and loss account...
(D) The Board of the Faculty shall be authorised to raise special funds...
Secretarial arrangements of the faculty
8. Copies of the Minutes of all meetings of the Faculty and its Board, and copies of all important letters, shall be sent each month to the Scottish headquarters of the College for information and filing.
No Faculty shall authorise the general, as distinct from local, publication of any article, notice or memorandum concerning the Faculty or its work, unless the same has first been approved by the Council of the College.
Faculty byelaws
9. Provided that at least fourteen days’ notice has been given to each member and associate of the Faculty specifying the exact words of the proposed change, alterations and additions to, and deletions from, the Bye-laws may be proposed at a General Meeting of the Faculty (or by the signatories of the requisition for an Extraordinary General Meeting), and may be adopted by a majority of three quarters of those present and voting. Always provided that no such change in the Bye-laws shall become effective, or come into operation, until approved by the Council of the College.
Reviewed Summer 2012
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