Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie

Lewis Ritchie is a graduate in medicine, chemistry (Aberdeen) and public health (Edinburgh). He practised clinical medicine as a serving principal general practitioner at Peterhead (1980-2017). He has been Sir James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice at the University of Aberdeen (1992- ) NHS Grampian Consultant/Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine (1987-) and Director of Public Health, NHS Grampian 2012-14. He presently advises the Scottish Government on Primary Care, Redesign of Urgent Care and Covid-19 Vaccination.

He has led a number Scottish Government reviews. including primary care out-of-hours services: Pulling Together – Transforming Urgent Care for the People of Scotland (2015) and the Rapid External Review of the NHS Ayrshire and Arran Redesign of Urgent Care Pathfinder (2020). He was appointed OBE for services to general practice and primary care (2001) and subsequently knighted for services to the NHS in Scotland (2011).