James Douglas (19 Feb 2021)
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Dr James Douglas is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He has been working as a GP in Fort William since 1980. He led a project on the Dewar Report in 2012 and gave evidence to the Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine on ‘Historical Perspectives on Rural Medicine’ which was published in 2017. Douglas is also active in Lyme disease research.
Introduction
Practice size and equipment
Fort William
Working routines and commute
Challenges
Medical complaints in Fort William
Skills needed in remote and rural medicine
Brexit, COVID, Scottish Independence
Recruitment and retention
Support
Changes to improve provision