Lewis Ritchie

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Lewis Ritchie
Born
Lewis Duthie Ritchie

(1952-06-26) 26 June 1952 (age 72)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Education University of Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh
Medical career
Profession Medical doctor
Field General Practitioner

Sir Lewis Duthie Ritchie FRSE FRCSE FRCPE FRCPE FFPH FBCS FRSA CEng CITP (born 26 June 1952) is a Scottish medical doctor who worked as a general practitioner (GP) and medical researcher. He is the James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice at the University of Aberdeen and holds honorary professorships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands.

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Early life and education

Ritchie was born in Fraserburgh to Sheila Gladys and Lewis Duthie Ritchie. [1] [2] He attended Fraserburgh Academy before going on to study chemistry and medicine at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with BSc and MB ChB (with commendation) in 1978. He received his MD from the University in 1993. In 1982, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MSc in community medicine. [2]

Career

Ritchie authored the book Computers in Primary Care: Practicalities and Prospects which was published in 1984. [3]

He was appointed the James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice at the University of Aberdeen in 1992. [4]

In 2012, he was appointed director of Public Health in NHS Grampian. [4] In January 2015, the Scottish Government announced him as the chair of a review into out-of-hours services. [5] Ritchie said that to inform the review he had talked to doctors, patients, ambulance staff and NHS 24 workers. [6] Ten months later, his report made 28 recommendations. [7] [8]

Ritchie retired from practicing medicine in 2012. To mark the occasion he bought the Julia Park Barry, a lifeboat that had been used to save hundreds of people before being taken out of service in 1969. [9] [10] He gifted it to the community. [11]

In 2014, he was appointed chair of Council of the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS). [12] The following year he was appointed as an honorary professor in the University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. [13]

In 2017, he was named as chair of a group of independent advisers, charged with looking at NHS Tayside's financial difficulties and to report to Scottish Government within a three month period. [14]

In January 2018, he was named as the chair of a review of urgent care services in Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross. [15] Interim findings were published a few months later. [16]

Awards and honours

Ritchie gave the Royal College of General Practitioners James Mackenzie Lecture in 2010. [17] He was made OBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2016. [18]

In the 2011 New Year Honours he was made Knight Bachelor for services to the NHS in Scotland. [19] He was invested on 5 July 2011. [20]

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  1. ↑ "Desert Island Discs". Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ritchie, Prof. Sir Lewis (Duthie), (born 26 June 1952), James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice, University of Aberdeen, since 1992; associate general practitioner, since 2012", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2011, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u253951, ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 , retrieved 12 July 2021
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  4. 1 2 "Sir Lewis is appointed Director of Public Health". Buchan Observer. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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  10. ↑ "RNLI values were key to lifeboat purchase". Buchan Observer. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Final voyage for Julia Park Barry lifeboat". Buchan Observer. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie OBE is appointed new Chair of Council" (Press release). Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Staff news 2015 > Appointment: Lewis Ritchie". University of Edinburgh. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Advisers appointed to tackle NHS Tayside financial 'challenges'". BBC News. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Review of Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross urgent care service". BBc News. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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