| 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 |