West Scotland Faculty
Welcome from West Scotland Faculty. We are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. We cover Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Arran, Forth Valley and Dumfries and Galloway, supporting over 2000 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, as well as a number of bursaries and awards to support and recognise innovation and development.
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Upcoming events
10 July 2025
Meet and Connect | Are you game?
Yes, we're your professional home, supporting you throughout your long and wonderful GP career, but sometimes what you need is an exciting social event to unwind and connect with...
10 July 2025
Introduction to the SCA (free preparation webinar)
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...
11 July 2025
Active Bystander Training
Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! Have you ever been in a situation where you want to challenge someone’s...
16 July 2025
Physical activity: how to create effective health pathways
Did you know that physical activity has significant benefits for health, both physical and mental, and can help to prevent and manage over 20 chronic conditions and diseases...
Board meetings
We meet four times per year, in March, 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:
- Thursday 27 February 2025
- Tuesday 17 June 2025
- Wednesday 10 September 2025
- Thursday 13 November 2025
RCGP Annual Conference
The Faculty offers bursaries to attend the RCGP Annual Conference – please contact the Faculty for more information.
The 2023 winners are Zainab Alani, Marina Politis, Akram Hussain, Rebecca Cunningham, Gaurav Batra and Nichola McComb.
Deep End International Conference
The Faculty offers bursaries to attend the Deep End International Conference please contact the Faculty for more information. The 2024 winners are Dr Safiya Dhanani, Dr Lyndsay Stevenson, Dr Sharmella Summan, Dr Shona Mackinnon, Sophie McPake and Abbie Simpson.
Awards and prizes
We organise several awards and prizes each year in recognition of the hard work and dedication of those working in general practice locally:
- The West Scotland COMET Elective Poster Prize, awarded to the University of Glasgow COMET student who has scored the highest in their summer elective in primary care poster assessment, was presented to Libby Ratcliffe in 2025.
- The James Scobbie Award commemorates the professional career of Dr James Scobbie. It awards the West Scotland trainee who has scored the highest in their Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) in the preceding twelve months, and was presented to Dr Lucy Gripper in 2024.
- The Stuart Murray Prize recognises the contribution of Professor Stuart Murray to general practice education in West Scotland. It awards the West of Scotland trainee who has scored the highest in their Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) in the preceding twelve months, and was presented to Dr Ceri Ferguson in 2024.
For more RCGP awards and prizes information, please visit our dedicated awards page or contact the West Scotland Faculty.
Meet your faculty
Faculty Officers
Dr Michael Blackmore, Chair
- Dr Sharon Russell - Provost
- Dr Monica McGeough – Honorary Secretary
- Dr Precious Osadolor – Vice Chair
- Dr Michael Russell – Honorary Treasurer
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Chris McHugh – Scottish Council Deputy Rep and UK Council Deputy Rep
- Dr Akram Hussain – Education Lead
- Dr James Morton – Climate & Sustainability Rep
- Dr Mary Anne Burrow – UK Council Rep
- Dr Diya Mathew – F5 Joint Lead
- Dr Yoginee Gokool – F5 Joint Lead
- Dr Sulman LalDin – F5 Joint Lead
- Dr Susan Thornborrow
- Dr Lynsey Yeoman - Scottish Council Rep and Established GP Rep
- Dr Susan Gibson-Smith
- Professor Frances Mair
- Dr Gorkem Hamali – Scottish Council Rep and IMG Lead
- Dr Tim Alagbe – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Andrew McCulloch – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Omonuwa Iredia – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Samson Ogunlarin – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Chioma Obi – GP Registrar Rep
- Dr Patrick Farrell
- Dr Mine Güvel
- Stella Macpherson – Lay Rep
- Elaine Deary - Practice Manager Rep
- Dr John Tobias - LCARM Rep
Contact us
Telephone: 020 3188 7797
Email: wscotland@rcgp.org.uk
Your Faculty Support Officer is Diana Lints.
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