| Description Of Item | Dr Charlie Siderfin is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He is a GP and has lived and worked in Orkney for the last 20 years.
This interview took place on 1st February 2021.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Working on Westray
02:55 Hospital sizes and equipment
05:17 Working routines and commute
08:30 Role of a remote GP
10:48 Emergencies
11:48 Transportation
14:40 Challenges and solutions
24:04 Working in Antarctic
25:50 Working in Africa
26:54 Change over 20 years
30:20 Medical complaints in Orkney
32:37 Healthy living
35:15 Accessing treatment and transport
40:27 Skills needed in remote and rural medicine
43:50 Brexit, COVID, Scottish Independence
49:28 Changes to improve provision |