General Practice and Primary Care

About us

General Practice and Primary Care has its origin in 1974 when Hamish Barber became the first holder of the Norie Miller Chair of General Practice (Norie Miller was the founder of the Perth-based insurance company General Accident plc which endowed the new chair). Professor Barber occupied the chair until his retiral in 1993.

In 1993 Professor Graham Watt  was appointed to the Norie Miller Chair and became the new head of department. The period since then has seen substantial expansion and development of the department particularly in its research activities, the development of a masters degree and associated activities in continuing professional development, and its involvement in a new undergraduate curriculum.

The department had its home initially in accommodation in Glasgow's first health centre at Woodside. In December 1998 we re-located to 4 Lancaster Crescent and, in August 2003, we moved again to our current premises in Horselethill Road.

In February 2009, Professor Frances Mair took over from Graham Watt as head of General Practice and Primary Care.

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