Acknowledgements

This website would not have been possible without the valuable contributions and support from a number of individuals and organisations.

We would like to thank the following people for their help:

Case Studies

  • Andrew Johnston
  • Ann Buchanan
  • Betty and Joan Whyteside
  • Chris Levison
  • Donald McNicol
  • Dr George Addis
  • Helen Corsie
  • Jack McNicol
  • Lynn McCormack
  • Mags Higgins
  • Rod Moore
  • Rory Arthur
  • Siobhan
  • Susan Campbell Duncan
  • Tom Tait
  • Winifred Cumming

Key Contributors

  • Alison Spaull, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
  • Professor Bill Scott, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer
  • Christopher Homfray
  • Clare Brennan
  • Professor Gordon Peterkin, Past Director - The Scottish Centre for Telehealth
  • Dr Hamish Wilson, Chair NHS 60th Steering Group and previously Head of Primary Care, Scottish Government
  • Dr Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
  • Hector McKenzie, Head of Patient Focus and International Issues, Scottish Government
  • Iain Macintyre, Retired Surgeon
  • Iris Rickhoff
  • John Gallacher
  • Joyce Mouriki
  • Dr Laurence Gruer OBE, Director of Public Health Science, NHS Health Scotland
  • Dr Lindsay Reid, Midwife writer
  • Lynne Kidd, Head of Public Affairs, SNBTS
  • Dr Martin Donaghy, Medical Director, Health Protection Scotland
  • Margie Taylor, Chief Dental Officer
  • Michael Fuller
  • Morgan Jamieson, National Clinical Lead for Children and Young People's Health
  • Norrie Murray, Volunteer Development Scotland
  • Professor Peter Donnelly, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
  • Professor Phil Barker, University of Dundee
  • Professor Sally Macintyre, Director, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow
  • Professor Stephen J Wigmore, Professor of Transplantation Surgery
  • Theresa Fyffe
  • Wendy McAuslan

Editors

  • Andrew Wilkie, Scottish Government
  • Bryan Christie, Health Journalist
  • Chris Holme, Scottish Government
  • David Hamilton, Historian and retired surgeon
  • Linda Thomson, Scottish Government

Audio clips

  • Ann Buchanan
  • Dr David Player
  • Sir John Crofton
  • Professor Jimmy Williamson CBE

Individuals

  • Ally McLaws
  • Christian Storstein
  • Dawn Kemp
  • Deborah Dunn
  • Dr Chris Nottingham
  • Dr Gail Addis
  • Dr John Stewart
  • Frances Younson
  • Sir Iain Chalmers
  • Janet McBain
  • Jim Whyteside
  • Joel Venet
  • John Glover
  • Josie Westley
  • Malcolm MacCallum
  • Morag Williams
  • Dr Morrice McCrae
  • Neil Fraser
  • Tim Christie
  • Tony Dykes

We are also grateful to the following organisations for their assistance:

  • Aberdeen Journals
  • Aberdeen University
  • Barkers Public Relations
  • BBC Scotland
  • British Film Institute
  • British Medical Association
  • Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Archives
  • Dumfries and Galloway Medical Journal
  • Dundee University
  • Edinburgh Central Library
  • Frontier Nursing Service (Kentucky)
  • Getty Images
  • Gwent Record Office
  • Information Services Division
  • Lothian Health Services Archive
  • National Archives of Scotland
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Museums Scotland
  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • NHS National Services Scotland
  • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
  • NHS Scotland e-Library
  • Pilton Video
  • Registrar General for Scotland
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • Scottish Ambulance Service
  • Scottish Medical Journal
  • Scottish Screen Archive
  • SCRAN
  • The Herald
  • Whitespace