Description Of Item | Dr Patrick Byrne is is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He is a Consultant in General Internal Medicine and lives and works in Fort William.
This interview took place on 8th April 2021.
Issues with the audio quality are due to problems with the internet connection at the time of recording.
00:00 Introduction 01:04 Belford Hospital and Rural General Hospitals 03:00 Fort William 05:18 Working routines and commute 12:25 Attributes needed in Remote & Rural medicine 17:23 Work before moving to Fort William 18:25 Passing MRCP(UK) and moving to Scotland 21:27 Medical complaints in Fort William 26:09 Tourism-related accidents, including on Ben Nevis 29:28 Accessing treatment and transport 37:38 Brexit, COVID, Scottish Independence 42:45 Representation of remote and rural in national conversations around health 49:08 Perception of remote and rural work |