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Welcome
from your College President
Welcome to the Royal College of General Practitioners New Members’ and Fellows’ Ceremony. We are delighted to welcome you and your guests to this very special occasion here in Edinburgh.
The RCGP exists to help its members deliver great care for patients. Being a GP is a rewarding and stimulating but demanding profession, and the times when we can celebrate our successes together are very special Today we formally – and joyfully! – welcome new Members and Fellows to the RCGP; this event marks your efforts and achievements and hopefully will create some very special moments and memories. We want to say “Thank you!” to all of you for choosing general practice, and also want to thank all those who have supported you in your journey.
We hope that today will leave you feeling proud and will encourage you to find out more about the opportunities that the RCGP can offer. Having professional networks is a key means for career development and personal wellbeing. Whether CPD, peer support, guidance from others at different career stages, special interest groups, or new professional opportunities, we want to answer your questions and help you use your membership to the full and build on this momentum across the next stages of your careers.
The RCGP also advocates on behalf of our speciality, and is always keen to hear your views and ideas. Other parts of this booklet point out the role of your local representatives who speak for members on Council, and guide the College on members’ needs.
As President, I am elected to represent the members. I am delighted that I will meet many of you today in person and to be part of your celebration. You deserve your award! And I am sure it will help you to aspire to even higher professional commitment to excellent patient care. As the College motto says “Cum Scientia Caritas” – scientific skill applied with compassionate kindness. Being a GP is a vocation where interacting with the patient as a human being can matter as much to effective diagnosis and treatment as the technical knowledge. You deserve others to be kind to you as you undertake this vital work, so please use the RCGP as your lifelong friend and resource –and if you need further advice or are not sure where to turn, you can contact me via president@rcgp.org.uk.
Dr Richard Vautrey President, RCGP
The College Coat of Arms
The elements of the College coat of arms are explained below:
the owl is a symbol of wisdom. the shield, separated by a chevron, symbolises the roof of the house in which most general practice takes place. One side is white to represent day and the other black to represent night. The three spaces are occupied by a white poppy, signifying relief of pain and suffering; a gentian flower indicating medicine and the restorative and rehabilitative role of the GP; and, finally, the Greek lamp indicates the importance of study and research in the work of the College and links with the lamp of nursing.
The College arms were granted in 1961 by the College of Arms in England (a separate but almost identical coat of arms was approved by the Lord Lyon in Scotland).
The College motto
Cum Scientia Caritas – compassion with knowledge.
Robes and insignia
The current President’s gown was instigated in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of the College. It has incorporated the College arms and reflects the College blue of our modern logo.
the unicorn is adopted from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. the lynx is adopted from the arms of the Royal College of Surgeons the gavel symbolises authority. the serpent is the ancient symbol of medicine.
The President’s chain was gifted to the College in 1958.
It is cast in 9-carat yellow and white gold and consists of a medallion of a white-gold poppy, entwined with a yellow-gold foxglove and serpents in white gold.
The medallion of the College coat of arms was added in 1963
The Members’ gown is black with white facing.
The Chair of Council wears a badge that incorporates the College arms with the names of all previous College Chairs on the ribbon in gold.
The Royal Charter
An organisation or other body can only be recognised as an independent legal entity if it has been granted either a Royal Charter or a Memorandum and Articles of Association by the Board of Trade.
It would be fair to say that there was more than a little resistance to the formation of an independent College of General Practitioners in the early 1950s – not least by the three London based medical royal colleges then in existence. In view of this, the College’s founders were advised to seek a Memorandum and Articles rather than a Royal Charter – as this was a process that was less likely to be challenged by others.
Such Articles of Association were granted in 1952.
The plan had always been to apply for a Royal Charter and this was duly granted in 1967. It was formally presented to the College in 1972 when HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, became the College’s first royal president
In common with other Royal Charters, the charter is a vellum document with a large wax seal attached to it. It is a valuable document and is currently kept in the climate controlled College archives. It is only displayed on very special occasions.
Officers in attendance
Dr Richard Vautrey RCGP President
Dr
Chris Provan
Chair, RCGP Scotland
Dr Chris Williams Deputy Chair, RCGP Scotland
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Welcome
from RCGP Scotland
Congratulations and welcome to you and your guests to our New Members' and Fellows’ Ceremony in Edinburgh.
As Chair of RCGP Scotland, it is my honour to welcome you to Scotland’s capital today. Days like today are a privilege to witness - I love being a GP, and it is fantastic to see the energy and fulfilment in the room as others celebrate their well-earned accomplishments. Some of you in this room are new members, having reached your goal of becoming a fully qualified GP. Some of you are receiving a Fellowship from the College, in recognition of your excellence in general practice. And many of you are proud family members and friends who have offered cheer and support throughout your journey and are to celebrate you today. Don't for take a moment during today's proceedings to reflect on the significance of this milestone, the breadth of your achievement, and wealth of opportunities that awai
Your College is a group of likemin professionals who are on their own journey to apply their generalist skills in a variety of interesting and diverse medical careers. As new members of our College, these are now your colleagues too, and they are here to support and guide you to achieve your goals. Please contact us at RCGP Scotland to connect you with people who can help you develop your interests and support your career.
We want to nurture your enthusiasm and provide you with a professional home which encourages your continual professional development. We currently support around 54,000 members across the UK and beyond, including 5,000 here in Scotland. The College provides opportunities for education, professional development and networking, and hosts a diverse range of events through the year, from small local gatherings to national meetings with remote participation.
To keep up to date, you can read my fortnightly Chair's Blog, the Faculty Fortnightly members' bulletin, follow us on X and Facebook, and listen to the new RCGP Scotland podcast, 'Generally Speaking'.
Dr Chris Provan Chair of RCGP Scotland
Scan to visit the RCGP Scotland webpage
Welcome
to First5
First of all, congratulations! It is a momentous achievement to complete GP training. Now you can seize control of your career in a way that can be challenging as a registrar. While daunting in the early days, this is the job you have trained so hard for and I hope you will feel as well prepared and supported as I remember feeling just a few years ago. I completed GP training in October 2021, and here are a few of my thoughts on what helped me the most as I found my feet at the end of training:
Look for your tribe
Connect with colleagues, connect with peers. You are not the only GP in Scotland, and indeed looking around you today a lot of your fellow new MRCGPs will have a lot of shared experience with you. Tap into thisknock on your consulting room neighbours door, congratulate and commiserate together and make sure you nurture the bonds that tie GPs together. We are stronger together than divided and the bonds you form now can last your entire career. Get used to stepping out of your surgery. You will have opportunities outside of work to connect with your peers, and you will have a local First5 network and lead that you should know and be confident in reaching out to if you ever have anything you want to discuss. In my first year as a First5 in West Scotland we started a WhatsApp group for First5 GPs, it now has well over 100 members!
Look around
Look at the broader view. So much of GP training is focussed on the clinical responsibilities of the role. While partnership and the duties it entails may not be on the immediate horizon for you, there are a lot of non clinical aspects of GP life post CCT to make sure you develop confidence in. Whether that’s getting used to the financial aspects of life as a locum (get an accountant immediately), or thinking about how you develop yourself further for future roles, the immediate aftermath of CCT is a good time to be thinking really hard about what life as a First5 is going to look like for you and make the relevant plans. The model of general practice in the UK allows you a very broad scope of career choices even post CCT. GPs have historically been entrepreneurial, motivated and principled. Make sure you continue this tradition and make general practice proud.
Look like a leader
You are a leader. That may be a leader of a clinical team, a leader in medical knowledge for your patients, or a leader for your peers around you. Medicine is made of leaders, and though you may not always feel it, leadership is intrinsic to the role of being a GP, and your aptitude for leadership is part of what has brought you to this point. People will look to you more and more for explicit leadership post CCT, and you are ready for this. There are a number of ways of developing your leadership skills within RCGP; now is a great time to take advantage of these.
Look up!
We often talk about important broader concepts in general practice- for example the social and commercial determinants of health. You may have been involved in these discussions as a GP registrar or even earlier, but if not then this is a great time to be thinking about how you get involved “upstream” of the clinical role of general practice. Join your local RCGP Faculty, join the Inclusion Health Interest Group (IHIG), join the RCGP Medical Ethics Committee or Overdiagnosis Working Group! So many people want to hear from you.
If you are passionate about an area of general practice or would be interested in finding out more, now is a great time to be reaching out to these groups and seeing how you can get involved.
Look at what you can get
Think about how you maximise the value of your RCGP membership. In these early days of finding your feet there is a huge amount that the College can offer you: getting involved with your First5 network for peer support, joining your facutly to enact changes and get a deeper understanding for how the College operates and plugging clinical gaps with one day essentials or online CPD. A pivotal moment for me was attending the RCGP Annual Conference at the point of my CCT in 2021. The College is of its members, for its members Make sure that you are active with your membership and keep the College working for you.
Look ahead
What goals do you have? Where would you like to be by the end of your first year? First5? What do you want to achieve before you retire? Mull these questions over and consider your plan to maximise your career being everything you want it to be.
Fundamentally, you have achieved what at times can seem a Sisyphean task: completing medical training in the UK. It’s a time to celebrate, feel proud of yourself and soak in the opportunities facing you. I hope you have a wonderful time at your New Members’ Ceremony today and wish you the very best for everything to come in your career. Hope to see you at more College events soon!
Dr Issmael Fergague
RCGP Scotland GP registrar & First5 Committee Chair
Scan to visit the First5 pages of the RCGP website
This is a critical juncture. I feel like I blinked and I’m now three years post CCT. Time flies when you’re having fun, and that applies to my post CCT career. Think long and hard about how you want your career to go.
New Members’ Presentation
Mahmoud Abdelrahman
Dr Abdelrahman works in Aberdeen as a GP partner at Garthdee Medical Group after completing one year of Career Start GP. He has a special interest in minor surgery and ENT and would like to thank his family in the UK and back home in Egypt for the continuous support throughout his career.
Sheimaa Abdulla
Dr Abdulla works as a GP and would like to thank her mother, children and all her family and friends who were supportive throughout the training journey.
Adebukola Adenle
Dr Adenle is a GP with a special interest in mental health and would like to thank the Lord! She appreciates her mom, siblings and family present here and her mentors who have supported her throughout. She dedicates this to her late father. Love you papa.
Fehintola Atinuke Adesiyan
Dr Adesiyan works as a locum GP in Scotland. She was the immediate past BMA rep for West of Scotland GP registrars. She owes this success to God and the unwavering support of her family. She is specifically dedicating this to her daughter as a reminder that with resilience and hard work, success is achievable.
Foluke Akintayo
Dr Akintayo works as a salaried GP in Edinburgh. She would like to thank her husband, children, supervisor, and all family members for their support.
Nkechinyere Akwu-Ude
Dr Akwu-Ude works as a locum in Cumbernauld and has a keen interest in lifestyle medicine. She would like to thank her husband, three beautiful children and her parents for their love, patience and support throughout her training. She would also like to thank God Almighty for this opportunity.
Dr Alexander works throughout Glasgow as a locum GP. She would like to thank her parents for their support. She would also like to thank her boyfriend for his consistent love and encouragement.
Dr Alkhaldi, originally from Palestine, despite moving countries and the challenges that comes with that, has managed to reach this significant milestone, thanks to the continuous support of his wife and parents-in-law. A special thanks to his lovely daughter, and to his parents for their encouragement.
Awaiz Ahmed
Dr Ahmed works as a salaried GP in Glenrothes, Fife, with a special interest in lifestyle medicine. She would like to thank her supervisor and her family, especially her partner and her daughter
Dr Allan completed his training at Douglasdale Medical Practice in Lanarkshire. He would like to thank the whole practice, as well as his fiancée and his family for their support.
Mahmoud Alkhaldi
Lewis Allan
Sarah Alexander
Dr Anwar works as a salaried GP in Lytham St Annes and would like to pass her deepest gratitude to her husband, children and parents for supporting her throughout this journey.
Olaitan Gboyega Babalola
Dr Babalola would like to thank his wonderful wife and children for their love and support throughout training. He would like to take this moment to honour his beloved mother who recently passed away. She was instrumental in his journey, and he would like to dedicate this moment to her.
Gaurav Batra
Dr Batra works as a salaried GP in Hamilton and serves as an honorary clinical lecturer at the University of Glasgow as well as a trained paediatrician with dual specialisation. He has gained valuable experience working in Canada, Ireland, India, and the UK. He would like to thank his parents, family and especially his brother for their love and unwavering support.
Shady Bekhit
Dr Bekhit works as a salaried GP in central Manchester and has a specialist interest in musculoskeletal conditions and dermatology. He would like to thank his parents, wife and two beautiful children for their love and support throughout training
Sophie Bell
Dr Bell works as a locum GP in Livingston. She graduated from medical school in Brisbane, Australia, before completing her GP training in Derby. She would like to thank her husband and her new baby son for all their love and encouragement.
Erin Bloxham
Dr Bloxham spent nine long years completing her GP training and is immensely grateful to her wonderful family, friends and colleagues for their support. She works in the beautiful North East of England as a GP with special interests in medical education and neurodiversity.
Gemma Bradley
Dr Bradley currently works in Cambridge. She completed her training in Glasgow, thanks to the support of her GP trainer, partner, family and peers.
Mhari Brown
Dr Brown works as a salaried GP in Lanarkshire. She would like to thank her parents, family and colleagues for their unwavering support throughout her training. And an extra special thanks to her husband and two wonderful boysshe couldn't have gotten here without you!
Jany Asha Budahn
Dr Budahn is currently on maternity leave, she plans to return to work in January and has a specialist interest in palliative care. She thanks her parents for being her inspiration, her children and her husband for their unwavering support and love.
Sadiya Anwar
Catriona Cameron
Dr Cameron works as a salaried GP in Balfron She would like to thank her parents and her mentor for their support.
Laura Campbell
Dr Campbell works as a salaried GP in Dunfermline, where she completed her training. She’d like to thank her husband, whose support has been invaluable.
Laura Elizabeth Campbell
Dr Campbell is currently working as a locum GP across Glasgow and is keen to specialise in women's health.
Robyn Cara Childs
Dr Childs works as a salaried and locum GP in Glasgow. She would like to thank her mum, husband, son and two rescue greyhounds for their support throughout her training.
Cho Cho
Dr Cho works as a salaried GP in Wakefield She would like to thank her partner and her family and friends for their love and support throughout training.
Sophie Clark
Dr Clark works for the Royal Navy at HMS Collingwood in Portsmouth. She would like to thank her husband and parents for all their support throughout training and beyond.
Antonia Clarke
Dr Clarke works as a salaried GP in South Tyneside. She would like to thank her family and her husband for their support throughout her training years.
Dr Clayson is a GP in Glasgow and thanks her family for their support.
Beth Robb Crompton
Dr Crompton continues to work at her training practice on the outskirts of Glasgow. She would like to thank her parents, husband, son and family for their support in her journey to becoming a GP.
Caroline Davidson
Dr Davidson is working as a salaried GP in Glasgow. She is keen to develop a special interest in dermatology.
Inemesit Edu Udoekwere
Dr Edu Udoekwere works as a salaried GP in Preston. She would like to thank God, her husband, two beautiful children and her friends for their love and support throughout the period of training
Reham Elsaber
Dr Elsaber wants to thank her parents, family, friends and all of her supervisors for their love and support throughout training.
Lauren Clayson
Aisling Iona Gilbert
Dr Gilbert is working as a salaried GP in Helensburgh. She would like thank her family for their all their support over the course of her training.
Yoginee Gokool
Dr Gokool works as a locum in Dumfries and is passionate about lifestyle medicine and women's health. She is incredibly grateful to her family, relatives and friends who have been there for her on her journey to being here today.
Michael George Holder
Dr Holder is a sessional GP in the North East of England and North Yorkshire with an interest in urgent and emergency care. He would like to thank his family and would like to dedicate today’s event to his young daughter.
Leina Homayda
Dr Homayda is a salaried GP in Newcastle upon Tyne. She would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors for their support throughout her career.
Temitope Mewayeone Ihekuna
Dr Ihekuna is self employed and has a special interest in women’s health. To her dear husband, her three beautiful children whom she has the privilege to parent, and her sweet mother, she thanks you all for your support throughout training; it has not been taken for granted.
Dr Amaka works as salaried GP in Aberdeen. She would like to thank God, her family and friends. Special thanks to her trainer and the entire Elmbank Medical Practice team.
Sally Ingram
Dr Ingram works as a salaried GP in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, with a special interest in palliative care, also working in Saint Michael's Hospice in Harrogate. She would like to thank her husband and parents for their support and encouragement.
Wyla Kamran
Dr Kamran is a GP in Dumfries. She would like to thank her parents, husband and her children for their utmost support and kind prayers for making her GP journey successful.
Seham Khalid
Dr Khalid works as a salaried GP in East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull and has a special interest in aesthetic medicine. She would like to thank Allah Almighty, her amazing husband, son and her super mom.
Doreen Ko
Dr Ko works as a salaried GP in Suffolk. She is deeply grateful to her husband and family for their love and continued support.
Nkorika Chiamaka Ilechukwu
Edward Simi Ladipo
Dr Ladipo works as a GP partner in Stockton, and has special interests in drugs misuse and women’s health. He thanks God for his faithfulness and would like to thank his parents, wife, family and friends for their endless support and prayers throughout his training.
Asifa Laulloo
Dr Laulloo works as a locum GP in Glasgow and is developing an extended role in women’s health and lifestyle medicine.
Calum MacMillan
Dr MacMillan works as a locum GP at Whitevale Medical Group in Glasgow. He would like to thank his wife, family, friends and supervisors for their support over the past three years.
Mona Mahgoub
Dr Mahgoub graduated from medical school in Egypt in 1985 but paused her medical career early on to raise her four children, all of whom later became doctors and dentists She decided to return to the field after 20 years, driven by a desire to serve the community. She would like to thank her children for all their support.
Frank Mayaya
Dr Mayaya did his undergraduate medical training in Tanzania and has settled in Glasgow as a locum GP. He would like to thank his parents, parents-in-law, wife, and his beautiful daughter for their support and love throughout training.
Hamish McEwan
Dr McEwan is a GP working in Glasgow. He would like to thank his wife, three beautiful daughters, his parents, and two sisters. Their love and continued support has made this journey possible.
Katie McLachlan
Dr McLachlan works as a locum GP in Ayrshire. She would like to thank her husband and daughters for all their support during her training.
Joshua Mell
Dr Mell works as a salaried GP at Ilkley and Grassington Medical Centres. He owes everything to his wonderful wife, mum and children for their continual support and love and would not be where he is today without them.
John Mitchell
Dr Mitchell is a GP in Inverness with a special interest in expedition medicine. He won the RCGP North Scotland Faculty Award for GPST of the Year 2024. He would like to thank his amazing wife and brilliant parents for their incredible love and support.
Elizabeth Murphy
Dr Murphy is currently working as a GP locum in Glasgow. She is very grateful for the support and guidance given by her family, friends and colleagues during the course of her training.
Bharathi Narayanan
Dr Narayanan would like to thank God, her parents, mentors, training programme directors, deanery, Royal College of General Practitioners, friends and colleagues for their constant support, guidance and encouragement throughout this wonderful journey.
Muhammad Salman Nazir
Dr Salman is a salaried GP in Southport. He would like to thank his wife and daughter for all their support and his parents for their prayers.
Nawsheen Noor
Dr Noor works as a salaried GP in Aberdeen and has a special interest in sexual and women’s health. She would like to express her heart felt gratitude to her parents, who are no longer with her, whose support and love shaped her journey Also, a special thank you to her husband for his unwavering support.
Titus Nwosu
Dr Nwosu works as a salaried GP at the Kingthorne Group Practice in Doncaster. He would like to thank his wife, son, mother and siblings for all their support.
Adeniran Odeleye
Dr Odeleye is a salaried Out of Hours GP in Forth Valley. He would like to thank his wife who has been a great support, as well as thanking his supervisor.
Deborah Adebunmi Olawuyi
Dr Olawuyi works as a locum GP across Greater Glasgow and Clyde. She would like to thank God for helping her through GP training. She also thanks her husband, children, family and friends for all of their support during training.
Onyedika Oti
Dr Oti works as a locum GP in Huddersfield with an interest in musculoskeletal medicine. He would like to thank his beautiful wife for being his backbone throughout his training. He is also grateful to his lovely parents and kids.
Fahad Pathan
Dr Pathan is a salaried GP in Liverpool. He has a special interest in minor surgery He would like to thank his parents, teachers, his beautiful wife and two adorable daughters.
Samuel Penrice
Dr Penrice works a locum in Glasgow and has an interest in mental health and lifestyle medicine. He would like to thank his family, friends and the team at Townhead Medical Practice for their support throughout his training.
Elliot Philips
Dr Philips is now a salaried GP in rural Northumberland and enjoys regularly rerouting his home visits for the cattle on the road, and being baffled when trying to find houses without numbers.
Linos Popi
Dr Popi extends deep gratitude to his family and thanks his wife for her enduring patience and love, crucial in balancing personal and professional demands.
Graham Prentice
Dr Prentice works as a GP in Glasgow and would like to thank his partner and family for their support during his training.
Samira Binte Osman Punom
Dr Punom works as a salaried GP in Aberdeen with special interest in minor surgery. She would like to thank her beloved husband, two beautiful children and parents for their immense support throughout training. She would like to mention her husband specially for being her rock in this journey of success.
Brindha Rangaraj
Dr Rangaraj works as a salaried GP in Lanarkshire and as a locum across Glasgow She would like to thank her husband and children who supported her through the training journey.
Dominic Rhatigan
Dr Rhatigan is currently working as a locum before returning to his training practice at Summerside Medical Centre as a partner in April 2025. He is also club doctor for Heriot’s Rugby. He would like to thank his wife, his parents and everyone at Summerside for all their support during his training
Nick Robson
Dr Robson is a GP in South Lanarkshire. He would like to thank his family for their support.
Ayodeji Rosiji
Dr Rosiji, a portfolio GP, expresses gratitude to God for guidance through life's journey. He thanks his parents, loving wife, and two wonderful children for their unwavering love and support throughout his training.
Dr Sakiba qualified in December 2023 and now works as a salaried GP in Bristol. She would like to thank her mum, husband, her beautiful daughter and mentor, for supporting her on this extraordinary journey of becoming a GP
Emma Jane Sinclair
Dr Sinclair works as a locum GP in Glasgow. She would like to thank her family, partner and her training group for all their support.
Nazmus Sakiba
Dr Singh works as a GP partner in Sunderland. He would like to thank the Almighty God and his wife and two beautiful daughters for their unconditional love and support throughout the training.
Jennifer Sturgess
Dr Sturgess works as a salaried GP in Edinburgh.
Amara Uche
Dr Uche is salaried GP working in Glasgow, with special interests in women’s health and lifestyle medicine. She would like to thank her parents, siblings and children for their support throughout her training.
Edu Udoekwere
Dr Udoekwere works as a salaried GP in Cumbria. He would like to thank his wife and kids for their love and support during training.
Dr Uwa is a salaried GP in Durham area. He would like to thank his family and trainers.
Claire Wernham
Dr Wernham is working as a salaried GP in Aberdeen where she completed her GP training earlier this year. She would like to thank her mum, husband and little boy for their never-ending support, love, and encouragement in getting her to where she is standing today.
Rosie Wilson
Dr Wilson is a locum and Out of Hours GP in Edinburgh. She would like to wholeheartedly thank her parents and her husband for all their endless support and encouragement.
Sachin Kumar Singh
Emeka Uwa
New Fellows’ Presentation
Shona Bennett
Dr Bennett was inspired by the busy central Aberdeen practice she trained in from medical school to partnership. She is keen to pass this on as a GP trainer. Interests in end of life and care of the elderly meant she augmented GP training with the MRCGP and is now FRCGP.
Michael Blackmore
Dr Blackmore is a GP partner in Grangemouth with a special interest in addictions. He is Cluster Quality Lead as well as GP lead for recruitment and retention for NHS Forth Valley. He is RCGP West Scotland Faculty Chair and was a Faculty Champion finalist in this year’s RCGP Inspire Awards. He thanks his family for all their support.
Dr Curry has been passionate about GP medical education since qualifying ten years ago. Her focus is now on postgraduate roles and she has also been a committed GP working in a practice in a deprived area of north east Edinburgh. She’d like to thank her mum for all her support.
Juli Dalgleish
Dr Dalgleish has worked as a partner in Crewe Medical Centre in Edinburgh for the past 23 years. For 20 of those years she has been a GP trainer and is now Training Programme Director for Central Edinburgh.
Rudolph D'Costa
Dr Cathrow works as a partner in Galashiels and is the RCGP South East Scotland Faculty Education Lead. She is heavily involved in clinical teaching with the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee. She would like to thank her family for their unwavering support over her past 20 years of practice.
Dr D'Costa works as clinical director and GP in Grampian out of hour primary care. He is a GP advisor to Scottish Ambulance service, a GP appraiser and a member of LMC and GP sub committee. He would like to thank his family, colleagues and patients for his professional success
Dr Cole MBE is a GP partner at Skerryvore Practice in Orkney. She chairs the GP sub committee and Area Clinical Forum and is the GP Advisor for the Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership. Her interests include prehospital care and medical leadership She thanks her family for their support and is delighted they are here to celebrate with her.
Dr De Gabriele has exemplified unparalleled dedication to the field of family medicine, leaving an indelible mark on clinical practice and academic excellence in Malta. Special thanks to her husband, parents and children for their support.
Nicola Curry
Katie Cathrow
Kirsteen Cole
Patricia De Gabriele
Glory Elofuke
Dr Elofuke works as a salaried GP in Aberdeen with a special interest in sexual and women’s health. She is the current Stroke MCN primary care lead in the Grampian region. An author and a health promotion champion among BAME and lots more.
Tariq Hassan
Dr Hassan is a specialist in family medicine, diabetes endocrine disorder and a locum in ED with special interest in chronic disease management, diabetes and endocrine He would like to thank RCGP, his parents, elder brother and wife for all their support.
Lily Lamb
Dr Lamb is a salaried GP in Northumberland, and an NIHR Doctoral Fellow with an interest in undergraduate medical education. She would like to thank her wonderful family and her colleagues in the North East England Faculty for nominating her for FRCGP.
David Leslie
Dr Leslie worked as a GP in the southside of Glasgow for 35 years until his retiral in May. He was a GP trainer and Vocational Studies tutor at the University of Glasgow He would like to thank his colleagues for supporting his application.
Norhasyimah Mahadi
Dr Jameson is a GP working in Plymouth across the hospital and community with people experiencing homelessness.
Dr Jameson is a GP based in Devon She has a special interest in safeguarding and education. She is grateful for her fulfilling and varied career as a GP, working with fantastic colleagues in her GP and safeguarding roles.
Dr Mahadi is a family medicine specialist from Malaysia and currently works as a GP in Brunei Darussalam She would like to thank her parents, husband, children and her mentors for their constant love and support.
Gayle Marshall
Dr Marshall has been a GP for 25 years and a partner at Leven Medical Practice in Edinburgh for the past 16 years.
Ben Jameson
Rachel Jameson
James McMillan
Dr McMillan is as a locum GP in Tayside and a senior lecturer in general practice and medical education at the University of Dundee. He would like to thank his loving family to whom he attributes much of his success and his colleagues in Dundee.
Dr Wedekind has been a GP for 25 years working clinically across Tayside and for the University of Dundee Medical School. She would like to thank her husband, family and colleagues for all their support.
Bryan Whittingham
Dr Snow was set upon her career path as a child after reading the Ladybird book of The Body. She has spent her medical life working in the Highlands, caring for the people of Culloden for the past 27 years She would like to dedicate this award to her wonderful patients and colleagues at Culloden.
Dr Whittingham is a partner and GP trainer in Dundee. He has written a wellreceived book on general practice and is involved in postgraduate and undergraduate training He would like to thank his family and colleagues for their support.
Dr Williams is a salaried GP and senior clinical lecturer at the University of
Pauline Williams
Alice Snow
Yvonne Wedekind
Christopher James Weatherburn
Honorary Fellowship
Honorary Fellowship is awarded for outstanding work towards the objectives of the College. It can be awarded to doctors and non-doctors from the UK and overseas.
Colin Espie
Professor Espie is a Clinical Psychologist by training. His first post in 1980 was in NHS Lanarkshire Primary Care services. It was there that a GP first asked him "is there not anything you can do to help folks who can't sleep?". He has spent his career trying to answer that question - developing CBT treatment for insomnia, testing interventions in RCTs, publishing extensively, teaching and training professionals, and founding Sleepio, a digital CBT programme that received NICE guidance in 2022. CBT is now the recognised first-line treatment for Insomnia Disorder internationally.
He has held numerous senior appointments. He is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology (Glasgow) and since 2013, Professor of Sleep Medicine (Oxford). He remains active in the field, working on national and international initiatives to address sleep and its relationship to health.
He is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders (2nd edition due 2025) and his Clinician’s Guide to CBTx for Insomnia was published in 2024.
Talking about ‘fields’, one of his passions is taking their five grandchildren camping. He and his wife Dr Audrey Espie, also a clinical psychologist, love the outdoors, though she sometimes leaves the camping opportunities to him!
Rose Prize Award
A biennial award for the best submission in the history of UK general practice/primary care. Jointly run with Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
George Freeman
Never intending a GP career, Dr George Freeman started in academic general practice by the lucky chance of being around just as the new Southampton Department began in 1971. The excitement of a new job in a new medical school and a new discipline continued right up to retirement in 2010, by which time he was Emeritus GP Professor at Imperial College London. A founder member of the new Association of University Teachers of GP (AUTGP) in 1974, he later became Secretary at a crucial time of transition from teaching towards research Always necessarily part-time in clinical practice, his consequent reduced daily availability to patients led directly to his MD on the value of seeing the same GP (relationship continuity of care) and how it works. This later enabled a delightful collaboration and ongoing friendship with John Howie in the 1990s. Working together has continued with their recent history of the development of the AUTGP, successfully submitted for award of the Rose Prize Sadly it’s ever harder to get continuity in today’s general practice, and George has revived his research activity in collaboration with colleagues in Leicester and Sheffield. This is showing how decline in continuity is linked with increasing mortality!
John Howie
Dr John Howie became a Principal in Glasgow in 1966. With a MD on the hospital management of possible appendicitis, he trialled the efficacy of antibiotics in flu-like illnesses in his own practice, before starting his academic career in Aberdeen He researched how decision-making in general practice differed from medical school teaching, diagnostic labels often justifying rather than determining prescribing decisions. His Sore Throat Study remains a landmark. Professor in Edinburgh from 1980, his research team highlighted the harmful effects of doctor stress on patient care; their fund-holding studies showed the disbenefits of incentive-driven practice; with George Freeman at Imperial College, they described how longer consultations and continuity of care enabled patients.
In retirement, John returned to his other career challenge: helping develop General Practice as a credible medical school discipline With Michael Whitfield, he edited an anthology of the diverse yet similar tribulations pioneers in the 26 pre2000 Medical Schools experienced. It was a short step to preparing the Archive on the 50 years since the first Scientific Meeting of Departments of General Practice for which John has been awarded the Rose Prize, again in partnership with George Freeman. Details of its scope were recently published in the College Journal.
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