Centenary of the Dewar Report of 1912… “Putting the Colour Back into Dewar”
Saturday 19th May 2012, Centre for Health Sciences, Inverness
A one-day conference to celebrate the achievements since the publication of the Dewar Report and to look forward to the next hundred years…
For more details, download the programme (PDF 2.4MB). For registration, please contact: Sylvie Main Faculty Administrator RCGP North Scotland Faculty Fairways House Fairways Business Park Inverness IV2 6AA Tel 01463 258830 Email nscotland@rcgp.org.ukProgramme
9am – 9:30am Registration and coffee
Session 1 - Chair: Dr Jim Douglas
9:30am: Welcome and Introduction, Dr Jim Douglas
9:40am: Medical Care in the Highlands Pre-1912, Dr Annie Tindley
10:00am: Oral History Interlude: Tales of the Great Physicians of Skye, George MacPherson
10:20am: The Dewar Report of 1912, Dr Miles Mack
10:40am – 11am: Coffee
Session 2 – Chairperson: Prof. Dick Collacott
11:00am: Mini-Play: “The collection of evidence” (including ‘interviews’ with community members from various locations in the Highlands). Cast: Members of the Dewar Celebrations Committee.
11:20am: “No Matter More Urgent”: Midwifery & Nursing in the Highlands & Islands, Helen Bryers
11:40pm: Group discussion and reflection
12:30-1:30pm: Lunch
Dession 3 – Chairperson: Dr Annie Tindley
1:30pm: The Highlands and Islands Medical Service, Patricia Whatley
1:50pm: Case Study: Dr Lachlan Grant of Ballachullish, Dr Jim Douglas
2:10pm: An Island Perspective on Dewar, Prof. Dick Collacott
2:30pm: 1948-2003, The Inducement Era, Dr Iain McNicol
2:50pm: Coffee
Session 4 – Chairperson: to be decided
3:20pm-4pm: Panel Debate:
“Why remote and rural communities need GPs”, Dr John Gillies
“Why remote and rural communities can manage fine without GPs”, Dr Steve McCabe
4-4:20pm: “Where are we going in the next 100 years?” Dr Iona Heath, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
4:20pm-4:30pm Concluding remarks, Dr Peter Grant, Provost, North of Scotland Faculty of the RCGP
Centre for Health Sciences, Inverness