Practice Team

GP Partners

DR MARGO MCDERMOTT

BSc(Hons) MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP (Edinburgh 1996)

(All day Mondays & Wednesdays and Thursday mornings )

DR PAUL STIMPSON

BSc (MedSci) MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG (Aberdeen 2003)

(Every day except Tuesday and Thursday afternoons)

DR KATHERINE MILLER

BSc (Hons) MB ChB (Hons) MRCP MRCGP (Edinburgh 1998)

(All day Monday and Wednesday plus Thursday and Friday mornings)

DR KATHERINE ROBERTSON

BSc (Med Sci) (Hons) MBChB MRCP MRCGP (Glasgow 2002)

(All day Tuesdays & Wednesdays plus Monday & Friday mornings)

DR ALEXANDRA ROLFE

BSc (Hons) MBChB MRCGP DCH DFRSH (Dundee 2005).

Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday mornings only and all day Friday

DR GRAEME PARRY

MBChB, MRCGP, FRACGP & Australian College Fellowship

All day Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

DR SIMON WELLS-COLE

BSc (Hons) MB ChB MRCEM MRCGP (St Andrews 2007, Manchester 2010)

(All day Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Other Doctors

DR FIONA FORD

Salaried GP - MRCGP, DFSRH, MRCP, DTMH, MBCHB (Edinburgh,2008)

Tuesday mornings, All day Wednesday & Thursday

DR GORDON WHITE

Dr White is a salaried GP, who usually works all day Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays plus Thursday afternoons

Training GPs

Colinton Surgery undertakes the final training of GPs and usually has at least one (sometimes two) Specialist Training GPs. A Specialist Training GP (formerly known as a Registrar) is a fully qualified doctor who is completing their General Practice training.

Practice Management

CRAIG TIDY

Male

Practice Manager

Mr Tidy has been with the practice for 2 years and recently taken over from the Mr Trundle in April 2024. He is responsible for the management and administration of the practice. He would be happy to hear your views and suggestions about the services offered by the practice. Please see complaints/suggestions section of the website. Mr Tidy can be contacted via the Surgery or by email: craig.tidy@nhs.scot

NICOLE KERRAY

Female

Nicole has worked with the practice for 5 years & has taken over as Office Manager in March 2024. She previously has covered reception roles, as well as phlebotomy

Nurses

All nurses can help you with minor injuries, dressings, injections, removal of stitches, blood pressure, blood tests, cervical smears, breast self-examination and family planning advice. They can also advise on travel immunisations, diet, alcohol control, stress management and carry out routine health checks. Nurses also conduct clinics for Asthma, COPD, Heart Disease & Diabetes.

GAIL DUTHIE

Senior Practice Nurse, Special Interest in Respiratory Illness and CHD (Coronary Heart Disease)

All day Thursday & Friday

CLAIRE BALD

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Training). Claire will be working with the GPs and will visit patients in their homes and see them in the practice .

SHIRLEY MCCALL

Practice Nurse, Special Interest in Diabetes and CHD (Coronary Heart Disease)

All day Monday & Tuesday,

KIRSTY YEUNG

Practice Nurse

All day Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday mornings

HELEN LOGAN

Practice Nurse

All day, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Mental Health Nurses

ALAYNE COSTELLO

Practice Mental Health Nurse. Alayne can help adult patients with a wide variety of mental health issues. She works Monday-Friday. She offers face to face appointments Tues-Fri, but telephone only on Mondays.

Phlebotomist/HCA

EMMA DUNLOP

(Available Monday - Friday)

Administration

MAGGIE ELLIOTT

Medical Secretary

JANICE FULLERTON

Data Records Clerk

KERRY DARLING

Data Co-ordinator

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

KIRSTY HUTCHISON

LYNNE BAXTER

EMMA SPENCER

Currently on maternity leave

KERRY WOOD

KELLY DOCHERTY

Currently on maternity leave

KAREN GILCHRIST

Pharmacists

KATHRYN SCOTT

Kathryn is a fully qualified pharmacist. She works here all day Thursday and Friday.

LOUISE BRYDON

Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician

(Works all day Tuesday)

Community Nurses

Telephone 0131 441 9128 The district nurses provide nursing treatments and advice to the housebound and patients recently discharged from hospital (over 16). Their working hours are 08.00 - 16.30 but the best time to contact them in the surgery is Monday to Friday 14.00 - 14.30. If they are out of the office a message can be left on their answering machine.

LAUREN STABLES

GRETA RAFFERTY

KAREN LONGMORE

Health Visitors

Telephone 0131 312 2164 The Health Visitors visit all families with children under 5 years old. They provide information, advice and support to parents of pre-school children, particularly at times of physical or emotional stress. The Health Visiting team are available Monday to Friday 9 til 5. However, if they are out of the office a message can be left on their answering machine. The Health Visiting team are based at Allermuir Medical Centre (opposite Tesco at Colinton Mains).