NHS Ayrshire and Arran
The EC4H programme in NHS Ayrshire and Arran offers a range of workshops. Please contact us for more information or to discuss your training requirements.
Private: Dr Alison Spiers
Lead Tutor
Alison Spiers is a consultant in intensive care and works in both the intensive care and medical high dependency units in Crosshouse Hospital. Talking about dying and treatment choices is a daily part of her work and the challenges involved prompted her to seek further training in communication skills. Inspired by an EC4H course in 2015, she subsequently trained as a tutor in order to share learning experiences more locally. Her special interest is in end of life decision-making and care in acute hospitals and the fundamental role of communication in this context.
Dr Viv Franklin
Lead EC4H Being Open Tutor
Dr Vivian Franklin has been a consultant in obstetrics in Ayrshire since 2011. She is the lead for Maternity Clinical Risk Management and has worked with the EC4H team to implement the Being Open process in maternity services in Ayrshire since 2018. Through this she undertook EC4H tutor training with a focus on the Being Open process. GMC no - 4706207
Dr Marisa Forte
EC4H Tutor
Dr Marisa Forte is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Perinatal Mental Health and the Clinical Lead for the Maternity and Neonatal Psychological Interventions Service in NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Dr Forte provides teaching on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme at the University of Glasgow. She trained as an EC4H tutor in 2019
Lesley Darroch
EC4H Tutor
Lesley Darroch is Practice Development Facilitator in Women’s and Children’s Services in NHS Ayrshire & Arran. She has a keen interest in effective communication with women and families. She trained as an EC4H tutor in 2019 so that she could support further learning.
Dr Fiona Dennison
EC4H Tutor
Dr Fiona Dennison is a Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in maternal and fetal medicine at Ayrshire Maternity unit, Crosshouse Hospital. She also has an interest in teaching, receiving a Certificate of Postgraduate Medical Education in 2014 and completed EC4H communication tutor training in 2019. GMC: 6099824
Dr Esther Murray
EC4H Senior Tutor
Dr Esther Murray in a Consultant in Clinical Psychologist in Ayrshire & Arran. She joined the EC4H tutor team in 2016