Peterculter Medical Practice

WE have several staff changes to report. New members of our reception team are Mrs Alison Lynch, Mrs Fiona Forsyth and Mrs Lin Gallagher; we are delighted to welcome them to the Culter practice. Mrs Pamela Hudson retired in December after 13 years' service, and Mrs Sybil Wilkie retired in January after 5 years in reception - both have been stalwarts of the reception team and we wish them both well for likely busy and active retirements.

Dr Linda Grant, our GP assistant over the past years, retires at the end of February. Dr Grant has, in addition to her general caseload, developed the practice diabetes service to a high standard and has also been in charge of supervising the publicity/health promotion material which you see displayed around the health centre. We wish her a long and happy retirement with her husband and hope the plans for travel are a big success.

Dr Susan Lee has returned to work after her maternity leave, working three sessions per week with us. It has indeed been a time of change for the practice!

The previously mentioned computer upgrade plans at the practice have been delayed somewhat while some teething problems are addressed, but this is likely to be taking place in the summer. I will include a further update on this in the next edition of the Courier.

We have obviously been mindful of the publicity regarding epidemic `flu and the avian `flu scare, but so far this season true `flu cases have NOT been high in number. I suspect this reflects the relative success of the annual vaccination programme.

Best wishes

Dr Douglas Harris