Riverbank Practice

Useful Resources

Scotsman.com - Health Feed

How Scotland – and you – can play key part in genetic health revolution – Catherine Calderwood18 Apr 2019 06:00How much do you think about your genes, your genetic make-up? Of course we talk about them all the time, noticing family resemblances and personality, ability and other traits (positive and negative!) through the generations. We feel pleased when a child is complimented on a feature we see in ourselves, a bonus in life they have inherited from us, writes Scotland’s chief medical officer Catherine Calderwood.
Sinead Gleeson’s new book Constellations is a blessing – Laura Waddell18 Apr 2019 06:00Sinead Gleeson’s newly published book Constellations makes her the latest in a raft of brilliant Irish essayists, each distinct, using the medium artfully to tell stories about their lives and the world we live in
Easter weekend heatwave to bring ‘deadly pollen bomb’ to Scotland17 Apr 2019 13:45A so-called “deadly pollen bomb” could strike over the Easter weekend with temperatures forecast to rise as high as 25C.
Even small amounts of bacon and red meat linked to bowel cancer17 Apr 2019 06:00Even moderate amounts of ham, bacon and red meat are linked to bowel cancer, experts have warned.
Bus companies belch out toxic fumes while raking in huge profits – Gavin Thomson17 Apr 2019 06:00A fund set up by the Scottish Government to improve older buses and reduce air pollution has been snubbed by many bus operators, leaving millions unspent, writes Gavin Thomson.
Long Read: Mum tells of friendly boy and his uncontrollable rage16 Apr 2019 20:02Until the age of seven or so, Harry appeared to be a normal, friendly boy, but then the bouts of uncontrollable rage began. Earlier this year a mother told The Scotsman of her son’s diagnosis of Pathological Demand Avoidance, a subset of autism.

Doctors and Staff

The Partners

Dr J F Young (Female) (Glasgow)	MB ChB 1988 DRCOG 1990 MRCGP 1992 Diploma in Diabetes Management
Dr A K MacPhail (Female) (Aberdeen)	MB ChB 1994 MRCGP 2001

Salaried GPs

Dr C O'Connor (Female) (Glasgow)

MBChB 2010
MRCGP

Dr G Cross (Female) (Leicester)

MBChB 2009
MRCGP 2016

Bsc (Hons) Physiotherapy 2005

DRCOG 2014

Dr S McGlory (Female) (Manchester)

MBChB 2010

MRCGP 2017

Locum

Dr T McMaster (Male) Glasgow

Practice Staff

Practice Manager	Claire Bell
Receptionists	Charlotte Jamieson	Lisa McCallion
General Office Worker	Andy Holms
Computer Operators	Theresa Wallace	Linda Hutchison	Shona Wilson
Medical Secretaries	Suzanne McCartney	Nicola Connor

Practice Nurses

Sister Lorna MacBean	RGN
Sister Angela Corcoran	RGN

Health Care Assistant

Shona Wilson

Lorna and Angela are supported in the practice by Shona, who provides routine blood clinics, new patient medical examinations and can administer B12 injections, influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations.

Phlebotomists

Nicola Connor

Lisa McCallion

District Nurses

Debbie McKay	RGN BSc Community Nursing in Home
Sarah Semple	RGN
Sharon Bell	RGN
Gail Weir	Nursing Assistant

The district nursing team carries out nursing care for the patient at home. They are available from 8.30am - 4.30pm, five days a week and can be contacted on 01389 811816. At weekends and evenings the team can be contacted on 01389 828307.

Health Visitors

Cindy Murray	Health Visitor
Jackie McGowan	Health Visitor

The health visitors offer health advice and support mainly to families with young children. This includes help with parenting and behaviour management and also support to women with postnatal depression.

They see children for development checks on Thursday afternoons and offer child immunisation at the surgery on Tuesday afternoons. Both of these clinics are by appointment only.

The health visitors can be contacted on 01389 811809.

Station Road, Dumbarton, G82 1PW

Telephone 01389 811862

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