Conan Doyle Medical Centre Tel: 0131 666 5160
Portobello Surgery
Tel: 0131 669 8406
Video consultation waiting room. Only for pre-booked appointments
Dr Genevieve Ann Comiskey
MBChB BAO DCH DObs MICGP Dublin 1987
Dr Ramon Alexander McDermott
MBChB MRCGP MICGP DCH DObs MFHom
Dip Occ Med Dublin 1988
Dr Linda Jennifer Bertram
MBChB MRCGP Edinburgh 1993
Dr Clare Miller
MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DFFP Edinburgh 1993
Dr Lorna Goldring
MA BM Bch MRCGP DRCOG Oxford 2003
Dr Caroline Mains
MBChB MRCGP Edinburgh 2010
Dr Rachel Phillips
MRCPCH DTMH MRCGP FSRH 2013
Dr Garreth Callaghan
MA (Cantab) MBChB MRCGP Edinburgh 2009
Dr Sarah Bee
MBChB MRCGP Dundee 2009
Dr Shona Pass
Dr Fergus Robertson
This practice has reached the required high standard for training general practitioners and other health professionals and we have qualified doctors training to be a general practitioner and other specialists joining the team.
Portobello Surgery
Practice Manager
Miss Dori Gyulai,
The branch manager will be able to help you with any comments you may have on the way the practice is run and will welcome any constructive suggestions in writing to help us maintain and improve our services to you. Her remit is to ensure an efficient and friendly service to the highest possible standard is provided for our patients.
Portobello Surgery
IT Manager
Mr Ian Evans
Reception
Miss Catherine Marshall
Iman Iqbal, Receptionist
Donna Hamilton, Receptionist
Mrs Edina Singh, Receptionist
Adam Varga, Receptionist
Jennifer Wright, Receptionist
Conan Doyle Medical Centre
Branch Manager
Karen Lee
Karen Lee is responsible for operations at the Conan Doyle Medical Centre - she is happy to hear your comments - both good and bad and her remit is to ensure an efficient and friendly service to the highest possible standard.
Conan Doyle Medical Centre
Mrs Ella O'Malley, Receptionist/Administrator
Miss Cheryl Gardner, Receptionist/Administrator
Mrs Meichelle Sproule, Receptionist/Administrator
Miss Lesley Richardson, Receptionist/Administrator
Ms Emma Aien, Receptionist/Administrator
Practice Nurses
Mary McKenzie
Gillian Simpson
Emma Ward
Dawn Leuchars
Lucie McKintosh-Lamb
Appointments are available Weekdays 8.30am - 6.00pm
Our practice nurses are highly trained, specialising in the management of long-term conditions and run specialist clinics in diabetes, coronary heart disease, respiratory disease and sexual health. In addition they assess and co-ordinate medical or nursing care required after discharge from hospital.
Our nurses carry out regular cervical smears and can assist with contraceptive advice.
Phlebotomist
Christine Sproull
Meichelle Sproule
Our Phlebotomist holds a clinic most mornings for patients who require blood tests
Pharmacy team
Health board pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are becoming more involved in the care of patients in General Practice. Having the pharmacy team working in our surgery provides valuable medicines support, a close link with our community pharmacy teams and allows our GPs to focus their skills and time where they are most needed for patients who have more complex needs.
Who are our pharmacy team?
The pharmacy team are:
June Edwards Zainab Hayat
What does the pharmacy team do?
Provide expertise on day-to-day medicines
Give advice for patients taking multiple medications
Carry out medication reviews and other medicines-related support, including discussing side effects
Give help for patients with their medicines following a stay in hospital, particularly if there has been a change in regimen
Answer medications and prescription-related questions
Produce prescriptions
Support managing patients’ long-term conditions, such as high blood pressure
When you may get an appointment with one of the pharmacy team
Our pharmacists can provide telephone and face-to-face appointments. The pharmacists, pharmacy technicians or the doctors often review some or all of your medicines and may want to talk with you about the medicines you are currently taking. In the practice we like to review your medicine at least once a year, or more often if needed.
You may have heard people referring to Polypharmacy. It means lots of medicines. A medicine review is particularly useful for people who take a lot of medicines; for these people their medicines review may be called a Polypharmacy Review. Further information is on the NHS Scotland’s website Polypharmacy: Manage medicines or the Managing Multiple Medicines app (available at: Polypharmacy: Manage Medicines)
Information on how you and your doctor (or other healthcare professional) can work together to decide whether you need a medicine and, if so, which to prescribe, can be found in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland publication Medicines in Scotland: What's the right treatment for me?. This booklet also explains the likely benefits and possible risks of medicines.