Edinburgh Medical Debate 2021

The delivery of healthcare has evolved significantly since COVID-19 swept the globe in early 2020, with many services adapting to ensure continuity of care while prioritising only the most urgent of patient needs. As new practices emerge, what impact will they have on the NHS and the society it serves?

Panel members:

• Professor Linda Bauld, Bruce and John Usher Chair of Public Health in the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute and Chief Social Policy Advisor to the Scottish Government
• Dr Carey Lunan, GP and past Scotland Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
• Professor Andrew Horne, Professor of Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director EXPPECT Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis
• Mr Steve Kerr, member of patient representative group on NHS Lothian Board Healthcare Governance Committee
• Adam Vacek, Year 4 MBChB student

Chairperson:

Professor Siddharthan Chandran, Dean of Clinical Medicine, Edinburgh Medical School

This event will now be streamed online from the Playfair Library, Old College, where the panel discussion will take place with a purely online audience.

Participate in our audience poll ahead of the event and submit a question to our panel by selecting ‘open q&a’ at the following link: https://www.menti.com/grvvkia7kr