2017

Meet Rachel Rachel in the news Rachel launches recovery road map in Dundee To Cheryl Ferguson, Dundee’s Steeple Church Parish Nurses are “my wee adopted mammies”. To others, they are problem-solvers, shoulders to cry on,  and even life-savers. “They’ve done a lot for me and every single person who comes through this door,” says Cheryl.…

Meet Michelle Michelle Duffy has one objective – to ensure that people living with disabling breathing problems in some of the most far-flung parts of North West Scotland can receive the same high quality evidence-based care as their counterparts in towns and cities. It may sound simple but Michelle, an Advanced Practice Respiratory Nurse with…

Meet Lorna Lorna Dhami is the practice nurse, and practice manager, of one of the four practices at Easterhouse Health Centre in Glasgow. It’s something of a family business, as the single-handed GP who is Lorna’s boss is also her husband, Dr Dav Dhami. “We know lots of our patients really well, we know their…

Meet Lesley Children have been a career theme for Lesley Paterson, who worked as a nanny in her native Northumberland before going into nursing. After a stint as a Staff Nurse in acute medicine, she transferred to Edinburgh’s Sick Children’s Hospital, then the children’s ward in Perth Royal Infirmary. Working in the paediatric outpatient department…

Meet Kitty Campbeltown, situated at the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, may be only 60 miles from Glasgow as the crow flies, but it’s a world away in many other respects. It takes more than three hours to drive into the city, flying is expensive, and ferries to the mainland are few and far…

Meet Kelvin Kelvin in the news Kelvin’s choir launches new charity single for mental health Community Mental Health Nurse Kelvin Frew is team leader of the NHS Dumfries & Galloway Crisis, Assessment and Treatment Service. As well as managing the service, and working part time on the crisis response team, he carries a small caseload…

Meet Kate Kate McConville is the Peripetetic Clinical Service Manager in Glasgow for Advinia Healthcare and takes a very hands-on approach. “I spend a lot of time watching how care is delivered and listening to how it is received,” she says. “It has to be the very best it can be, and I take a…

Meet Julie Julie Churchill is at North Berwick Group Practice, visiting one of the community nursing teams that she works with. It’s the first time they have been together since it was announced that she is now their permanent Team Manager. For the previous year Julie had been acting team manager, and is therefore familiar…

Meet Joan The welfare of children has always been close to Joan Gracie’s heart, and as Team Leader for School Nursing in NHS Forth Valley, she feels she is making a real difference. “There are so many young people in need of help,” she says. “Here we are determined to see they get it, hopefully…

Meet Jess Jess in the news Jess awarded top honour The custody suite below St Leonard’s Police Station in Edinburgh can be an intimidating environment: windowless corridors are lined both sides with thick metal doors, well-worn whiteboards bearing the names of the people behind them. There is a busy charge bar, where people who have…