TY - JOUR T1 - Professor Richard Scott: celebrating the first professor of general practice in the world JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 410 LP - 410 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X692369 VL - 67 IS - 662 AU - Philip Milnes-Smith Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/662/410.abstract N2 - Professor Richard Scott. Image from RCGP archive.As the 70th anniversary of the NHS approaches next year in 2018, its exact contemporary in Edinburgh deserves to be remembered. On the very same day in 1948, Richard Scott began a general medical practice there. This practice was not only a centre for community health and welfare but also a place of teaching for medical students and research into general practice. It put into effect the research he had just undertaken for the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Public Health and Social Medicine.The Blue Plaque unveiled. Image credited to Guy … ER -