His nationality is Scottish and his ethnicity is white. Scotland’s chief medical officer has apologised for visiting her family’s second home in Fife during the coronavirus pandemic, against her own advice that all Scots should stay home. I’m humble & honoured to be given the responsibility of CMO for Scotland. 'Fancy being jabbed at Westminster Abbey!' Chief Medical Officer of Scotland Appointed in 2015. 4. Scotland's chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith said it is "wonderful news" that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after she admitted to ignoring her own advice on social distancing by visiting her second home. “If we tolerate those higher numbers in our society as we finally exit the impact of the pandemic, it will be those that already suffer inequalities that continue to suffer the impact of coronaviruses and disease - therefore it is absolutely critical we don't leave anyone behind in all this," Smith continued. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, pictured at the press conference, initially backed Dr Calderwood, but the medical officer resigned this evening. Scotland could be hit by a new coronavirus "surge" in the summer, chief medical officer warns. Dr Calderwood's main home is just two-and-a-half miles from the Scottish Government building in Edinburgh, where she delivers daily briefings on the virus with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The Chief Medical Officer is a qualified medical doctor whose medical speciality traditionally was public health medicine, and whose work focused on the health of communities rather than health of individuals. Scotland’s chief medical officer, Gregor Smith, told MSPs on Holyrood's COVID-19 committee high levels of infection could quickly re-establish if "we lose the sense of caution that we've so … The First Minister again backed the doctor's advice, saying: 'Dr Calderwood's advice to me, to the government and to people across Scotland over the past few weeks has been the right advice. 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Each of Scotland’s 31 health and social care partnerships has a chief officer. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. The role of each chief officer is to lead the implementation of the strategic plan in their area, and to integrate and transform health and social care services for their local communities. Business Insider has partnered with KPMG Private Enterprise to get a better idea of how privately-owned Scottish businesses are coping with the challenges of the past year and what plans are in place to capture opportunities in the future. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The comments below have not been moderated. Scotland’s chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for not adhering to social distancing advice by visiting her second home. Here is the statement issued by Doctor Catherine Calderwood earlier today: 'I wish to apologise unreservedly for the issue reported in the media today. Dr Catherine Calderwood. A total of 4,934 people are known to have died from the virus. In a press conference beside Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today, Dr Calderwood said her actions were 'a mistake and human error' and that were 'no excuses'. “Which is why I think it is important to continue to pursue the strategy of elimination when we get as close to suppression and low numbers as we possibly can.”. Scotland’s chief medical officer has defended the Scottish Government ’s approach to cautiously exiting lockdown in order to ensure that “we don’t leave anyone behind”. It comes after photographs, published in The Scottish Sun on Saturday, showed Dr Calderwood and her family near their coastal retreat in Earlsferry, Fife, over the weekend. 'I want to thank the overwhelming majority of people across the country who are doing their duty during this public health emergency. Chief Medical Officer Directorate What we do. “We can manage it just as we manage Measles, as we occasionally still see flares up of Measles and that's where the public health infrastructure comes into play,” he said. The role of Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer will be advertised in the coming months through a national recruitment process. The images emerged amid continuing advice from the Scottish government, the chief medical officer herself, and other leading medical professionals to stay at home in order to save lives and protect the NHS. Dr Gregor Smith explained that, while the vaccination programme is showing promising progress, it's essential that cases remain low to prevent the virus from mutating further in what he described as "selection pressure". By Danyal Hussain and James Robinson for MailOnline, Published: 23:13 GMT, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 15:57 GMT, 6 April 2020. Peter Murrell Chief Executive at Scottish National Party Edinburgh. 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