GP Returner Contacts
If you’re a General Practitioner looking to return to General Practice in Scotland, the Scotland Deanery has developed a fast and funded pathway back to frontline GP work.
To support your application, explore information the GP Returners Contact List information on this page.
If you have any questions about the information on this page, please contact us at gpcareersadvice@nes.scot.uk.
Application Step 1
Step 1 of your application is for you to initiate contact with the NHS Education for Scotland Specialist GP Advisor for your area from the list of GP Returners Contact List detailed below.
The specialist GP Advisor will talk with you in the first instance to assess if you can be referred immediately onwards to apply to join your preferred Health Board Performers’ List. (depending on your experience and circumstances, you might be able to immediately join their performers list – at the discretion of the Health Board Medical Director).
GP Returners Contact List
| Location | Contact name | Email address |
| Ayrshire & Arran | Karien Foote
| Karien.Foote@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
Lorri Kirkaldie
| dg.pcd@nhs.scot |
| Fife | Martine Stewart | |
| Forth Valley | Kirsty Blair
| fv.primarycarecontracts@nhs.scot |
| Grampian | Debbie Gordon
| gram.pcctgp@nhs.scot |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | Sandra Hendren
| gp.pcs@ggc.scot.nhs.uk |
Highland (North)
| Claire Piper
| |
| Lanarkshire | Lea Ann Tannock | |
| Lothian & Borders | Danielle Swanson
| Danielle.Swanson@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Orkney | Arlene Tait
| arlene.tait@nhs.scot |
| Shetland | Maureen Stewart
| maureen.stewart4@nhs.scot |
| Tayside | Clodagh Wright | |
| Western Isles | Chrisann Mackenzie
|
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