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
01 May 2025
Safeguarding standards and resources for GPs working in Scotland
RCGP Scotland and Dr Joy Shacklock, RCGP Clinical Policy Representative for Safeguarding, are hosting this webinar for GP registrars and GPs working in Scotland. Join this...
13 May 2025
Joint Injections - Scotland
We are hosting two, separate, one-day Joint Injections courses on the 13 and 14 May. This course is open to trainees, General Practitioners and Practice Nurses in Scotland working...
13 May 2025
Become an active bystander
This training session on upstanding aims to empower GP practice staff to recognise poor behaviours and to become aware of the range of options they have available to them from not...
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.
Follow us
Useful links
Thank you for your feedback. Your response will help improve this page.