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Sir Lewis Ritchie Independent External review of Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross Report (SLSWR), 2018.

Abelsen, Strasser, R., Heaney, D., Berggren, P., Sigurðsson, S., Brandstorp, H., Wakegijig, J., Forsling, N., Moody-Corbett, P., Akearok, G. H., Mason, A., Savage, C., & Nicoll, P. (2020). Plan, recruit, retain: a framework for local healthcare organizations to achieve a stable remote rural workforce. Human Resources for Health, 18(1), 63–63. [Open access].

Allbutt, Colthart, I., El-Farargy, N., Sturgeon, C., Vallis, J., & Lough, M. (2017). Understanding supervision in health and social care through the experiences of practitioners in Scotland. Journal of Integrated Care (Brighton, England), 25(2), 120–130. [Knowledge Network login required].

Cunningham, Ward, C., Kyle, J., & Yeoman, L. (2021). Learning needs, preferred learning methods and learning challenges of first five general practitioners in NHS Scotland: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 11(5), e044859–e044859. [Open access].

Danish, Blais, R., & Champagne, F. (2019). Strategic analysis of interventions to reduce physician shortages in rural regions. Rural and Remote Health, 19(4), 5466–5466. 

Doshi. (2020). Improving leadership of health services in rural areas: Exploring traits and characteristics. International Journal of Healthcare Management, 13(S1), 183–191. [Knowledge Network login required].

Fergusson, & Teasdale, E. (2022). Remote and rural surgery training and recruitment: a national attitudinal survey of Scottish surgical trainees. Rural and Remote Health, 22(2), 7090–7090.

Gomes, Murray, E., & Raftery, J. (2022). Economic Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions: Methodological Issues and Recommendations for Practice. PharmacoEconomics, 40(4), 367–378.

Iqbal, Thompson, L., & Wilson, P. (2021). Patient satisfaction with general practice in urban and rural areas of Scotland. Rural and Remote Health, 21(4), 6634–6634.

MacKay, Smith, A., Kyle, R. G., & Beattie, M. (2021). What influences nurses' decisions to work in rural and remote settings? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Rural and Remote Health, 21(1), 6335–6335. [Open access].

Maclaren, Cleland, J., Locock, L., Skea, Z., Denison, A., Hollick, R., Murchie, P., & Wilson, P. (2022). Understanding recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland: Stakeholder perspectives. The Geographical Journal, 188(2), 261–276. [Open access].

Stewart, Gibson-Smith, K., Cunningham, S., Pfleger, S., & Rushworth, G. (2018). A qualitative study of the perspectives of older people in remote Scotland on accessibility to healthcare, medicines and medicines-taking. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 40(5), 1300–1308. [Open access].