Our Staff

Doctors

DR CATHARINE GEORGE

Dr George graduated from Manchester in 1989 then trained to be a GP in Cumbria. She then worked as a GP in the Borders before being a partner at the Long House Surgery, Edinburgh for over 22 years. She joined us in June 2018. Involved in the training of doctors in general practice she runs courses on a regular basis.

DR CATRIONA CAMPBELL

MB ChB BSc DRCOG MRCGP DFSRH Edinburgh in 1998.

Dr Campbell has been a partner in the practice since 2011. She has an interest in women's health and inserts both contraceptive implants and IUDs (coils). She is also keen to improve physical and mental wellbeing in the elderly. Dr Campbell, along with Dr George, is now involved with the training of doctors in general practice, so the practice will often have a GP trainee working with us for 6-12 month attachments.

DR JOHN ELLIS

Dr Ellis graduated from Edinburgh university in 1996 and completed his GP training in Durham. He previously worked on the Isle of Harris before moving back to East Lothian. Dr Ellis enjoys the continuity of general practice and getting to know people well. He has a particular interest in medicine of the elderly, minor surgery and joint injections as well as teaching.

DR ALISA HALMSHAW

Dr Halmshaw joined the Practice in January 2023 and continues to work in A&E within Borders General. Originally from Yorkshire, she qualified in Cardiff in 2005 and did her GP training in the Cotswolds moving to Scotland in 2014.

DR LUCY COWIE

Dr Cowie qualified as a doctor from Edinburgh University in 2016. She is now in her final year of training as a GP and will be working in the Practice until December 2023.

DR MICHAEL SLOWEY

Dr Slowey graduated from Queens University Belfast in 2008. After his foundation training he spent some time working in Australia before moving to Edinburgh for his GP training which he completed in 2016. He has an interest in palliative care.

DR CATHY LU

Dr Lu qualified as a doctor from Edinburgh University in 2015. She previously worked in Liverpool, and spent several years working in Australia before returning to East Lothian for GP training. She is in her final year of training as a GP and will be working in the practice until March 2025.

Practice Management

MOIRA WINNING

Practice Manager

Moira deals with the day to day running of the Practice. She is responsible for reception staffing, Practice administration and finance. She also deals with complaints in the first instance.

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

LIZ MCIVOR

Liz has been with the practice since 2011and has been developing her role. She can provide advice on contraception and does cervical screening. She works alongside the GPs to provide most of the care for those with long term conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and COPD. She can also give lifestyle advice relating to these conditions and for general health and wellbeing.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

LORNA FAIRBAIRN

Lorna is able to take blood, analyse urine and perform Blood pressure measurement. She is also able to give healthy advice on smoking, diet, exercise and alcohol consumption.

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription requests , dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

MORAG RUSSELL

Reception Manager

HOLLIE KING

EMMA FAIRBAIRN

CHERYL COONEY

Workflow Lead / Veteran's Champion

PAULINE TODD

CAROLINE DUNCAN

Community Midwives

The community Midwife can be contacted on 01368 861416 or 01368 861445. To arrange a first booking appointment call 0131 536 2009.

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing. The team can be contacted on 01368 861447 or 01368 861448.

Attached Staff

We are fortunate to have physiotherapy and CTAC nurses based in Dunbar Medical Centre. We are unable to make direct appointments with them though. The East Lothian physiotherapy and occupational therapy telephone number is now tel 0300 3690 680 Monday-Friday 9-11.30am for initial advice and for self-referral to both services. Appointments with CTAC can be booked on tel 0300 790 6292.