St Margaret's Health Centre

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Community Hospitals

Immediate Care (BASICS)

Computing

Prescribing Issues

Diabetes

Heart Disease

Asthma

Women’s Health

Health Service Management

Acupuncture

Integrated Working across Disciplines

Joint Injections & Minor Surgery

All of the above

If so, St Margaret’s Health Centre, Auchterarder may be the place to come for your Registrar year.

We are a friendly, forward thinking, keen to teach practice in a rural community, with attached Community Hospital.

Auchterarder (the "lang toon") is situated just off the A9, approximately 12 miles from Perth, close to the world famous Gleneagles Hotel. We are well located for easy access to both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Map of the practice area

St Margaret’s Health Centre was purpose built in 1991, is fully computerised with Internet access, and well equipped for making the most of your year. The Health Centre is currently undergoing a major expansion, due to be completed by the end of 2003. We also have a branch surgery in the nearby village of Dunning. The attached District Nurses, Health Visitors and Community Midwives work from the Health Centre, and there are regular in-house CPN, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry clinics.

The neighbouring 16 bed General Practitioner Community Hospital allows continuity of care for the local population with admissions for management of acute medical problems, rehabilitation and palliative care. There is a small Minor Injuries unit within the hospital.

We are happy to help with finding local accommodation for the year. Alternatively, there is a room within the community hospital available for on-call.

We can promise you an interesting and varied year both within and outwith the practice. And if that’s not enough, how about afternoon tea or golf at Gleneagles?

Medical and Nursing Staff

There are 3 full-time and 5 part-time GPs and 1 part-time and 2 full-time Practice Nurses. All have specific interests in addition to their general work.

Dr J Grant	GP and Lead Physician with responsibility for Community Hospitals in the Primary Care Trust
Dr C Laird	GP and Course Organiser for BASICS (Immediate Care) Scotland
Dr R Paterson	GP Trainer with particular interests in Diabetes and Practice Computing
Dr S Wylie	GP with particular interest in Women’s Health
Dr F Price	GP with particular interest in Women’s Health and practice administration
Dr G McLeay	GP with particular interest in Oncology, Palliative Care, Acupuncture and Audit. Postgraduate Associate Adviser at TCGP. Examiner for the RCGP.
Dr J Dickson	GP with particular interest in Rheumatology and Hypertension
Dr A Fisken	GP Trainer with particular interest in Prescribing
Nurse King	Practice Nurse with particular interest in Asthma and Heart Disease Prevention
Nurse Mitchell	Practice Nurse with particular interest in Hypertension, Cryotherapy and Exercise Cardiovascular Fitness
Nurse Rattray	Practice Nurse with particular interest in Diabetes
Mrs C Duncan	Practice Manager