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.
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Upcoming events
20 May 2025
Managing common sleep problems in everyday general practice
This practical 'how to' event will focus on helping GPs to appraise and manage sleep problems as they present in routine practice. Each of the six sleep disorder diagnostic...
20 May 2025
Session 1: Supporting GPs with Chronic Physical or Mental Health Problems
Supporting GPs with Chronic Physical or Mental Health Problems” series, which has been running since September 2023. This nationally accessible online webinar is open to GPs and...
21 May 2025
Governance Review - developing changes to College Governing Documents
Members are invited to a webinar to hear an update on the work of the Governance Review.
22 May 2025
The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course | 22 May 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...
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 2025 Faculty Board meetings are scheduled to take place online on:
- Tuesday 10 June 2025
- Thursday 4 September 2025
- Thursday 20 November 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 Laura Jack
- Dr Jo Higson
- Dr Awaiz Ahmed
- Dr Jiffry Samsudeen – IMG 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
- Dr Lauren Ng
- 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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