GATESIDE HOSPITAL, GREENOCK AND INVERCLYDE ROYAL HOSPITAL
In 1956, David B Horn, who had been appointed as Senior Biochemist at Glasgow Western Infirmary, was seconded to equip, open and run the laboratory at Vale of Leven. This was located above the Pharmacy Department and the department moved to new premises in the early 1970s. Horn left in 1959.
Horn had completed his PhD in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary prior to this appointment. He was appointed as Senior Biochemist in Birmingham and as Principal Biochemist in Newcastle upon Tyne, both in 1959. He was appointed as Top Grade Biochemist in Newcastle in 1964 and in Edinburgh Western General in 1966. He retired in 1987 and died in 2000.
In 1959/60, Alan E Crookes, from Ayrshire, was appointed as Principal Biochemist and, in 1990, as Top Grade Biochemist.
Wendy D Langmuir (later Mole - 1976), from Edinburgh Western General Hospital, was appointed as Senior Biochemist in 1970. She moved to the Isle of Wight in 1980.
Frances Hall, from Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children, was appointed as Senior Biochemist in 1976 and as Principal Biochemist in 1990.
Alan E Crookes retired in 1993 and John Series, who had been a Registrar in Sheffield & Doncaster, Senior Registrar at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Consultant in Bath (from 1990) was appointed as Consultant in 1993.
In 1959, Ronald GS Leask worked as a resident in Thornhill Maternity Hospital (a building from the late 1930s). He found a small laboratory with some chemical apparatus in the basement but it was not in use at that time. (ref: 146)