MEET THE TEAM
Dr. Andrew Coull – Associate Medical Director, Medicine of the Elderly and Stroke Services across the three Integrated Stroke Units in Lothian; RIE, WGH & SJH
RIE - Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Wards 101 and 201– 44 beds
Professor Martin Dennis – Professor of Stroke Medicine
John Hodge - Deputy Charge Nurse
Julie Dixon - Assistant Service Manager
Dr Richard O’Brien - Stroke Consultant and QI fellow
Laura Egan - Occupational Therapist
Anna Redpath - Physiotherapist
Wendy Cameron - Physiotherapist
Morag Medwin - Stroke MCN Co-ordinator
Sophie Gilbert - Stroke auditor
Trish Elder-Gracie - Stroke Outreach Nurse
Hazel Moore - Speech and Language Therapist
Emma Forbes - Speech and Language Therapist
RIE ED: Dr Kate Easterford - ED specialty doctor
WGH - Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Ward 50 – 24 beds
Dr Sarah Keir - Stroke Consultant, QI Lead Clinician
Margrethe Van Dijke - Stroke Auditor
Claire Stirling - Charge Nurse
Fiona Johnson - Physiotherapist
Nicola Hedley - Occupational Therapist
Sasha Archer - Speech and Language Therapist
SJH - St Johns Hospital, Livingston – Stroke Unit
Dr Scott Ramsay - Stroke Consultant
Shirley Douglas-Keogh - Service Manager Medicine
Megan Reid - Service Improvement Manager
Sam Tuff - Charge Nurse, Stroke Unit
Emma Barnes - Occupational Therapist
Irene Davidson - Occupational Therapist
Wendy Juner - Physiotherapist
Debbie Heaney - Chest Heart & Stroke Service Nurse
ED: Dr Jasmine Ng - ED consultant
Extended team;
Dr Nikki Maran - Clinical Lead Clinical Quality Management Systems
Lesley Morrow - Improvement Advisor
Colin Watson - Analyst
Mark Smith - Consultant AHP Stroke Services
The Stroke Service Quality Improvement Board (SSQIB) meets on the first Tuesday of every month and is jointly chaired by Dr Andrew Coull and Sheena Muir, General Manager, Astley Ainslie Hospital.