Lewis Ritchie
Lewis Ritchie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lewis Duthie Ritchie 26 June 1952 Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Education | University of Aberdeen University of Edinburgh |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Field | General Practitioner |
Sir Lewis Duthie Ritchie (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.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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External links
[edit | edit source]- profile at University of Aberdeen
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Fraserburgh
- People educated at Fraserburgh Academy
- 20th-century Scottish medical doctors
- 21st-century Scottish medical doctors
- Scottish general practitioners
- Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Bachelor