The role of HD Specialists is to assess need, coordinate care, train, educate and advocate on behalf of HD families. They are employed through joint funding from NHS Boards, Health & Social Care Partnerships and the Scottish Huntington’s Association. Contact details for HD Specialists by NHS Board area are listed below.
(For clients aged under 25 Specialist Youth Advisors can be contacted HERE)
(HD Clinical Leads can be found HERE)
(HD Support Groups can be found HERE)
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Alan McGill (Senior HD Specialist)
Julie Callaghan (HD Specialist)
Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Centre
Ayrshire Central Hospital
Irvine
KA12 8SS
01294 322305
NHS Fife
Jillian Foster (Senior HD Specialist)
Nicola Johns (HD Specialist)
Whyteman’s Brae Hospital
Whyteman’s Brae
Kirkcaldy
KY1 2ND
01592 647993
NHS Grampian
Liz Fraser (Senior HD Specialist)
Clinical Genetics Centre
Ground Floor
Ashgrove House
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZA
01224 550062 / 01224 550063 / 01224 553530
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Sally Woolvine (Senior HD Specialist)
Gillian Blair (HD Specialist)
Jessica Muscatt (HD Specialist)
Unit 2A
David Dale Business Centre
159 Broad Street
Glasgow
G40 2QR
0141 556 4100 / 0141 556 2136
NHS Highland
Gordon Bogan (Senior HD Specialist)
Recreation Hall Building
Raigmore Hospital
Inverness
IV2 3UJ
01463 729958
NHS Lanarkshire
Linda Lucas (Senior HD Specialist)
Rhona Vernon Smith (HD Specialist)
4th Floor
Hunter Community Health Centre
Andrew Street
East Kilbride
G74 1AB
01355 597455
NHS Lothian
Annette Brown (Senior HD Specialist)
Trevor Law (HD Specialist)
Clinical Genetics Department
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
0131 537 1058
NHS Tayside
Paula McFadyen (Senior HD Specialist)
Lindsay Wilson (HD Specialist)
Room 3010
East Day Home
Kings Cross Hospital
Clepington Road
Dundee
DD3 8EA
01382 424172 (Paula)
01382 424196 (Lindsay)
NHS Forth Valley
David Thomson (Neurology Nurse)
Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Stirling Road
Larbert
FK5 4WR
01324 566230
NHS Border
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Orkney
NHS Shetland
NHS Western Isles
For guidance in these areas please contact:
Scottish Huntington’s Association
Business First, Linwood Point, Paisley, PA1 2FB, 0141 848 0308