David R HoggProfessional Profile

Publication type: Profiling Rural GP

In this session, I aimed to summarise the important contribution of seminal works (such as A Fortunate Man, A Country Doctor and Single Handed), and consider how to share effective images that provide insight to the modern rural practitioner, and consider social media streams available to share this work. Find out more by searching for […]

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Publication type: Profiling Rural GP

16 Sep 2016

In 2016 the RCGP ran a video campaign to highlight the different roles of GPs and career options. They came to Arran to film me and some of my patients and colleagues, to give an insight into the opportunities and challenges of rural general practice. It was great fun to work with TallBoy Productions on […]

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Publication type: Profiling Rural GP

Background In Scotland 20% of the population live in a remote or rural area spread across 94% of the land mass that is defined as remote and rural. The Scottish Government has, in its Quality Strategy outlined the need for equitable access to high quality healthcare services for all patients regardless of personal characteristics including […]

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Publication type: Profiling Rural GP