Scottish general practitioners committee

GPC Scotland executive subcommittee 

The executive subcommittee is composed of the GPC Scotland office bearers (Andrew Buist, Andrew Cowie and Patricia Moultrie), the chair of SLMC conference (Denise Mcfarlane), and five elected members from SGPC. 

For the 2021/22 session, the elected members are: Dr Chris Black, Dr John Ip, Dr Iain Kennedy, Dr Iain Morrison, and Dr Tyra Smyth.  

Elected by local medical committees

Ayrshire & Arran LMC (2 representatives)
Rachel Fraser 
Alexia Pellowe
 
Borders LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Kirsty Robinson 
Deputy - Rachel Mollart

Dumfries & Galloway LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Charles Dunnett 
Deputy – Mark Phillips 
 
Fife LMC (2 representatives)
Philip Duthie 
Susie Mitchell 
 
Forth Valley LMC (2 representatives)
Teresa Cannavina 
David Herron 
 
Glasgow LMC (6 representatives)
Ronnie Burns
Maureen Byrne
Mark Fawcett 
Chris Mansbridge
Alan McDevitt
Alastair Taylor

Grampian LMC (3 representatives)
Samantha Fenwick
Emma Houghton 
Michael Steven 
 
Highland LMC (2 representatives)
Lorien Cameron-Ross 
Alan Miles

Lanarkshire LMC (3 representatives)
Lynn Duff 
Keith McIntyre 
Tyra Smyth  
 
Lothian LMC (5 representatives)
Jenny English
Annie Lomas 
Neil MacRitchie
Iain Morrison 
Catriona Morton 
 
Orkney LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Marjolein Van Schayk 
Deputy – Antony Wilkinson 
 
Shetland LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Martin Jones
Deputy: Emily Jamieson

Tayside LMC (2 representatives)
Andrew Cowie
Andrew Thomson 

Western Isles LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Brian Michie

Elected by the annual representative meeting 2021 (from a Scottish constituency)
Patricia Moultrie

Elected by the UK LMC Conference 2021
Denise McFarlane
Amy Small

Voting nominees of other bodies:

GP trainees committee
Eric Fung

Sessional GPs committee
Jennifer MacDonald

Medical Practitioners Union
Andrew Gray

Non-voting nominees of other bodies:

Chair of Scottish Council
Lewis Morrison

Chair of UK GPC
Vacant
Mark Sanford-Wood (deputising)

Representative from Scottish consultants committee
Alan Robertson

Observers

Scottish Council of Royal College of General Practitioners
David Shackles
Chris Williams (deputising)

Scottish Dental Practitioners Committee
John Davidson
Mark McCutcheon (deputising)

Forty-three elected regionally for GPC UK (4 Scottish representatives)

Ayrshire and Arran/Borders/Dumfries and Galloway/Lanarkshire - Chris Black

Grampian/Highland/Orkney/Shetland/Western Isles - Iain Kennedy

Glasgow and Clyde - John Ip

Forth Valley/Fife /Lothian/Tayside - Stuart Blake

• Seats/term - every year, all 14 LMCs in Scotland elect representatives for a one-session term. Seats are distributed evenly between LMCs based on the number of patients in the area. LMCs with only one representative also have a deputy representative.
• Timeline - elections are run by the LMCs and timelines may vary. 
• Eligibility - contact your local medical committee to find out the eligibility criteria.

• Seats/term - every year, a third of the 43 UK regions elect a representative for a three-session term to GPC UK. Scottish elected representatives have a voting seat on GPC UK and SGPC.
• Timeline - elections are usually held in February or March. 
• Eligibility - all GPs who are BMA members are eligible to stand if they live or work in the relevant regions. All GPs can vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, representatives of the LMC UK conference are elected to GPC UK for a one-session term. The elected representatives from Scotland have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - elections are held at the LMC UK conference in May.
• Eligibility - only LMC UK conference delegates can stand and vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, members from a Scottish constituency are elected to GPC UK from the ARM elections for a one-session term. The first Scottish representative via STV (single transferable vote) will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - the nomination period opens a month before ARM, and voting closes a few days after ARM.
• Eligibility - all UK GP BMA members can stand for election but only ARM delegates can vote.

• Seats/term - every year, half of the 19 UK regions elect a representative for a two-session term. Representatives for Scotland North, Scotland West and Scotland East regions will then be eligible for election as the Scottish GP trainee representative and will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - GP trainees regional elections are usually held in March or April. Elections for the Scottish GP Trainee representative on SGPC are held at the first GP Trainee committee meeting of the session.
• Eligibility - all GP trainees who are BMA members are eligible to stand if they live or work in the relevant regions. All GP trainees can vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, one member for Scotland is elected from the sessional GPs committee elections for a three-session term. The elected member will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - this election is usually held in March or April.
• Eligibility - all salaried, freelance and locum GPs* who are BMA members in Scotland are eligible to stand in this election. Retainer scheme GPs based in Scotland are also eligible to stand in this election, regardless of their time commitment. All salaried, freelance and locum GPs can vote in this election.

*Salaried or freelance/locum GPs will be eligible if, for the six months before the election, their NHS general practice performer's work has been solely as a salaried and/or freelance GP (excluding work as a GP appraiser) or a GP trainee, and an average of at least seven hours per week of NHS general practice work has been undertaken for that period.