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New Chief Medical Officer for Scotland announced Dr Gregor Smith acted up in the role through most of the pandemic after former official Catherine Calderwood quit for breaking Covid rules. 11:08, 23 DEC 2020 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the ...

Senior health and social care appointments Published: Part of: New Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer appointed. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has welcomed the appointment of three new health and social care leaders in the Scottish Government. Caroline Lamb has been appointed Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Scottish Government Director General Health and Social Care. A former Chief Executive of NHS Education for Scotland...

Caroline Lamb will also become the Scottish Government’s director-general for health and social care. The appointment was announced alongside news that interim chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith will take up the role on a permanent basis, while Professor Amanda Croft takes over as chief nursing officer. Ms Lamb, who is expected to take up her post in January, began her career working as a chartered accountant in London before moving to Scotland and taking up management roles in the N...

Submitting... Ms Lamb, who is expected to take up her post in January, began her career working as a chartered accountant in London before moving to Scotland and taking up management roles in the NHS. Caroline Lamb has been appointed the new chief executive of NHS Scotland. Photo: Twitter. She was chief executive of NHS Education for Scotland before joining the Scottish Government last year as director of digital reform and service engagement in the health and social care directorates. As well ...