Realistic Medicine - Taking Care: Chief Medical Officer for Scotland annual report 2023 to 2024
This is the Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Gregor Smith's fourth annual report, and the eighth report on Realistic Medicine. The overarching aim of Realistic Medicine is to deliver better value care for patients, and for our health and care system.
Acknowledgements
Editorial Lead
Dr Calum McPherson
Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow 2023-24
Editorial Team
Craig Bell
Head of the Realistic Medicine Policy Team, Scottish Government
Professor Graham Ellis
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Professor Marion Bain
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
The Realistic Medicine Team
Anne Leitch
Value Based Health and Care Lead
Dr Catherine Labinjoh
National Clinical Advisor
Jane Russell
Support Officer
Mark Burgess
Strengthening Relationships Policy Manager
Renzo Pedreschi
Strengthening Relationships Policy Officer
Dr Stephen Martin
Team Lead
Lead contributors
Taking Care of Our Planet
Professor Sharon Pfleger
Consultant in Pharmaceutical Public Health, NHS Highland
Dr Frederike Garbe
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland
Steve Carter
Strategic Reform Team Lead, Population Health Strategy and Improvement Division, Scottish Government
Taking Care of Progress
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak
Chief Scientist (Health), Scottish Government.
David Thompson
Head of Innovation Adoption, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
Alistair Hodgson
Head of Digital Health and Care Policy, Scottish Government
Fiona Fleming
Head of Communications and Engagement, NHS Research Scotland
Health of the Nation
Dr Fatim Lakha
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland and NHS Tayside
Dr Margaret Douglas,
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland
Dr Jennifer Champion
Director of Public Health, NHS Forth Valley
Dr Grant Wyper
Public Health Intelligence Adviser, Public Health Scotland
Dr Frederike Garbe
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland
Dr Sarah Couper
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland
Dr Rishma Maini
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland and NHS Fife
Content Contributions
Professor Andrea Williamson, Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health (General Practice and Primary Care), University of Glasgow
Dr Carey Lunan, GP and Chair of the Scottish Deep End Project
Dr Dominique Allwood, Chief Medical Officer at UCLPartners, London
Fiona Rae, Chief Executive, CFINE
Professor Heather Whalley, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health and Chief Scientist for Generation Scotland
Jennifer Hynes, Dietitian, NHS Forth Valley
Maria Gaden, Head of Department, Centre for Sustainable Hospitals, Denmark
Dr Miles Mack, OBE, FRCGP and GP, Dingwall Medical Group
Dr Nicola Joss, Consultant Nephrologist and Stuart Ross, Renal Nurse Specialist, NHS Highland
Phillip McLean, Head of NHS Facilities and Environmental Sustainability, Scottish Government
Professor Victor Montori, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA
Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
Directorate for Population Health, Scottish Government – Peter Faassen de Heer (Senior Policy Manager), Craig Hewitt (Senior Policy Manager), Dr Suzanne Connolly (Professional Adviser), Dr Jules Goodlet-Rowley (Head of Unit)
Clinical Health, Health Intelligence and Research Division, Public Health Scotland – Mr Campbell Hart (Senior Stakeholder Engagement Officer), Mr Mark McAllister (Organisational Lead for Strategy), Ms Heidi Douglas (Consultant in Public Health, NHS Tayside)
NHS Ayrshire & Arran Diabetes team
Douglas Medical Centre, Dundee
Dying in the Margins – Dr Naomi Richards, Principal Investigator; Margaret Mitchell, photographer. This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UKRI (grant no. ES/S014373/1) with support from Marie Curie. Thanks also to Max and his carers for agreeing to share their stories.
Greener Practices network
iSIMPATHY – Alpana Mair, Dr Iain Wilson and Dr Emily Kennedy
Keep Scotland Beautiful and the staff and pupils of Firpark Primary School
Maximising Independence – Marion Ballantyne (Communications) and Ann Harvey (Community Engagement and Activities Co-ordinator, Wheatley Care)
Obesity Action Scotland
Royal College of General Practitioners – Dr Munro Stewart (GP) and Dr James Morton (GP)
Scottish Ballet – Catherine Cassidy (Director of Organisational Culture and Engagement)
Scottish Directors of Public Health
Contact
Email: realisticmedicine@gov.scot
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