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Career
I must have been one of the last GP's in the
country to have gone straight into general practice with no formal training year. I worked for a spell
and toyed with the idea of going to live in Canada. Even sat and passed
the Canadian medical exam! However, in hindsight now,
commonsense prevailed and we went to work in the rural Scottish Borders for a
year ending up staying for 33! Hard work, with a lot of out of hours, even
up to retirement, but thoroughly rewarding in a wonderful area. All the
usual wheezes including cottage hospital, training, video assessment,
practice accreditation, QoF visits and quite a bit of medical politics in
between. Really enjoyed the latter particularly the fun
of negotiating GP payments with the Health Board. Retired from practice just
after the new contract had enhanced our pension but wonder if all
you retired GP's out there realise just how much a bunch of retirees led by Jim
Beatson did to enhance your pension backpayments! Finally stopped working
(forever) for the Health Board last week in practice verification visiting. (The Gestapo!) |
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Personal Details
Still happily married to my beautiful wife
Ethne,and living quietly in paradise. (Lochranza Arran). About 30 yards from
the sea with views across the bay interrupted only by seals, otters, herons and
the sunsets. Great place to live with alot of nice people about our
age all interested in the occasional high jinks. Three children alll
in this country and nearby which is nice. Lisa the eldest is married to
David with 3 kids and lives in Whiting Bay. Works as a manager in Arran
Aromatics. Robbie is in his last year as a gp registrar but spends
most of his spare time working as a police surgeon in Strathclyde.
Getting married this year in Donegal to Louise another gp registrar.
Jamie, a chartered surveyor in Paisley is the youngest and lives
in Ayr. Married to Nikki with their first baby last year. Ethne and I
are always busy and enjoy hillwalking, entertaining, gardening and the
occasional game of golf. In the summer months we spend most of our time afloat
on the family yacht to be found in ports and hostelries anywhere between St
Kilda and Cork. |
