Realising Realistic Medicine: Chief Medical Officer for Scotland annual report 2015-2016

Production of the Report

I would like to thank my colleagues for their input into this report. A large number of people spent time helping my team and I to prepare 'Realising Realistic Medicine'.

Authors

Dr Gregor Smith,
Deputy Chief Medical Officer,
Scottish Government

Professor Fiona McQueen,
Chief Nursing Officer,
Scottish Government

Alan Baird,
Chief Social Work Adviser,
Scottish Government

Jacqui Lunday Johnstone,
Chief Health Professions Officer,
Scottish Government

Margie Taylor,
Chief Dental Officer,
Scottish Government

Dr Rose Marie Parr,
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer,
Scottish Government

Richard Norris,
Director,
Scottish Health Council

Dr Andrew Riley,
Senior Medical Officer,
Scottish Government

Professor Craig White,
Divisional Clinical Lead,
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate

Dr Gillian Paterson,
Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow with the Chief Medical Officer and Healthcare Improvement Scotland,
Specialist Trainee in Forensic Psychiatry

Professor Andrew Morris,
Chief Scientist (Health),
Scottish Government

Contributors

Dr Albert Mulley,
Managing Director Global Healthcare Delivery Science The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and Professor of Medicine

Professor Sir Muir Gray,
Director of National Knowledge Service and Chief Knowledge Officer to the National Health Service,
Director of Better Value Healthcare Ltd

Dr Sally Lewis,
Assistant Medical Director (Value-based care),
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Terry O'Kelly,
Senior Medical Officer,
Scottish Government

Dr John Mitchell,
Principal Medical Officer and Psychiatric Adviser to the Mental Health and Protection of Rights Division,
Scottish Government

Tom Ferris,
Deputy Chief Dental Officer,
Scottish Government

Dr Jonathan Kirk,
National Clinical Lead,
Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Programme,
Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Chief Medical Officer's Business Unit

Richard Lyall,
Senior Business and Policy Support Officer

Diane Dempster,
Business and Policy Support Officer

Mark Johnstone,
Head of Business Unit

Dr Christine Gregson,
Clinical Advisor on Realistic Medicine ST6 Infectious Diseases and General Medicine