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TEAM MEMBERS
THE MEDICAL APPRAISAL TEAM
Contact Us
The Medical Appraisal Team is located at 102 Westport, West Port, Edinburgh EH3 9DN
Our contact details can be found on Medical Appraisal Scotland:
www.appraisal.nes.scot.nhs.uk
For all general queries, please email:
SOAR@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Who we are
Dr Niall Cameron, National Appraisal Adviser (PT)
Niall is responsible for the strategic direction of the work of the Medical Appraisal Team and the development and quality assurance of the Appraisal Scheme. He works closely with the Project Team Manager. He represents NES at a number of key stakeholder meetings including the Scottish Revalidation Delivery Board, National Appraisal Leads Group (NALG) and the Scottish Academy Revalidation Group (SARG). He has extensive experience of Medical Appraisal as an Appraiser, Lead Appraiser, GP and Trainer.
Ian Staples, former Project Team Manager (PT)
Ian is responsible for the management, development and quality assurance of the Medical Appraisal scheme in Scotland. Up until the end of July 2015, Ian worked closely with the National Appraisal Adviser, Niall Cameron and the Medical Appraisal Scheme Manager, Marjorie McArthur to maintain and improve all aspects of the Appraisal process.
Marjorie McArthur, Medical Appraisal Scheme Manager (FT)
Marjorie is responsible for the operational management of the scheme. This includes development of policies and procedures, organisation of recruitment, training, and financial management. Any enquiries, comments or problems regarding the scheme in Scotland should be directed to Marjorie in the first instance.
Marjorie graduated from Edinburgh University with an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Pharmacology in 1975 (child genius)! She has had a varied career in Medical/Scientific Research, IT Training and Data Analysis in the NHS and Edinburgh University. Marjorie joined NES in 2005 at the set up of the GP Appraiser Training Team in Edinburgh and is the only one left of that core team. She hopes that is a good sign!
Joyce McCrae, Administrator (FT)
Joyce is responsible for providing full-time administrative support to the Medical Appraisal Team, including processing all applications for Appraiser training and allocating applicants to training courses.
Joyce graduated over half a lifetime ago (1977) from the University of Aberdeen with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Prior to joining NES in 2006, Joyce lived on Skye where she raised a son, picked whelks, and latterly worked for a small training provider, working with disadvantaged young adults.
William Liu, Information Manager (FT)
William’s main responsibilities revolve around the maintenance of and further improvements to SOAR (Scottish Online Appraisal Resource); as well as supporting all users (doctors and administrators) in using the system. He also provides an array of ICT support within the Appraisal team at various events and projects.
Also known as “Grandpa”, William’s background is predominantly in ICT (Information Communications Technology), having graduated from University of Paisley in 2000, PgDip in ICT with Web Technologies. Prior to joining NES in 2007, William worked in the voluntary sector in Midlothian for the best part of 6 years, providing ICT support to local community groups and services.
Alistair Bryan, Information Technician (FT)
Alistair’s background is in ICT having graduated from the Open University in 2008. Prior to joining the SOAR team in May 2014 he worked as a Network Technician in NES. He spends some of his spare time on amateur radio and trying to learn Cantonese.
Kris Wright, Information Technician (FT)
Kris joined the team in May 2014 from the film industry, bringing with him a wealth of experience in video and cinematography. He has also worked as a tutor in various software packages, and spends his spare time designing games and film-making, as well as running around after his kids.
Eleanor Humphreys, Medical Appraisal course tutor
Eleanor has over 15 years' experience in the design, development and delivery of technical and soft skills training programmes. She joined NES in 2004 and while working in the Medical directorate, Eleanor completed a Masters in Business (MBA) at Edinburgh Business School in 2013. She now works in the Workforce Directorate of NES delivering frontline leadership programmes to doctors and professions allied to health in Scotland. Eleanor has delivered appraisal and assessment training nationally and is now part of the NES National Appraisal Scheme team.
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