Find your Incidents and Alerts Safety Officer

What do Incidents and Alerts Safety Officers do?

Every health board and local authority in Scotland has an Incidents and Alerts Safety Officer (IASO). Together, they make up the Incidents and alerts Safety Officer Network (IASON).

IASOs work closely with IRIC to manage equipment-related risks in health boards and local authorities.

How we work with IASOs

• we share the information they give us with other health boards and local authorities
• we organise meetings, spotlight sessions and workshops where they can raise specific issues, gain valuable insights, and share what they’ve learned with others
• we work together with them on education and training programmes to promote the safety of medical devices and equipment.

Who appoints IASOs?

The chief executive in an organisation is responsible for appointing the IASO and making sure there is always someone to cover the role. You can find out more in these publications:

• DL (2024) 32 Safety of health, social care, estates and facilities equipment: NHS Board and local authority responsibilities
• SHTN 00-04 Guidance on the management of medical devices and equipment in Scotland’s health and social care systems.

Find your IASO

If you work for an NHS board or local authority, you can find out who your IASO is by checking the list below.

It’s vital we ensure this list is as accurate as possible. If you think the list is out of date, possibly because the person listed as IASO has left or moved to another post, please let us know by emailing us at nss.iric@nhs.scot.

NHS board IASOs

NHS Ayrshire and Arran – Debbie McCard Debbie.McCard@aapct.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Borders – Shona Milne procurement@borders.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Dumfries and Galloway – Ken Donaldson Kenneth.Donaldson2@nhs.scot

NHS Fife – Iain Forrest fife.safetyalerts@nhs.scot

NHS Forth Valley – Cameron Raeburn fv.alerts.safety@nhs.scot

NHS Grampian – Andrew Wood [gram.safetyalertssystem@nhs.scot](mailto:gram.safetyale rtssystem@nhs.scot)

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – David Mains healthandsafety.alerts@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Highland – Mirian Morrison mirian.morrison@nhs.scot

NHS Lanarkshire – Mark Gilchrist mark.gilchrist@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Lothian – Jill Gillies loth.safetyalert@nhs.scot

NHS Orkney – Lawrence Green lawrence.green@nhs.scot

NHS Shetland – Lawrence Green shet.h-s@nhs.scot

NHS Tayside – Robert McKinnes robert.mckinnes@nhs.scot

NHS Western Isles – Iain MacAskill iain.macaskill@nhs.scot

NHS Golden Jubilee – Steven Friel equipmentcoordinator@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk

NHS National Services Scotland – Norman Mclean norman.mclean@nhs.scot

Scottish Ambulance Service – Sarah Jayne Stevenson SarahJayne.Stevenson@nhs.scot

The State Hospital – Allan Hardy TSH.RiskManagementTeam@nhs.scot

Local authority IASOs

Aberdeen City Council – Carol Fraser carolfraser@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Aberdeenshire Council – Andy Priest andrew.priest@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Angus Council – Paul Conroy safety@angus.gov.uk

Argyll and Bute Council – Christiane Tanner christiane.tanner@nhs.scot

Bon Accord Care – Denise Cowie OTStore@bonaccordcare.org

City of Edinburgh Council – Ian Read ian.read@edinburgh.gov.uk

Clackmannanshire Council – Seonaid Scott hands@clacks.gov.uk

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) – Graeme Miller g.miller@cne-siar.gov.uk

Dumfries and Galloway Council – Ann-Marie Connolly ann-marie.connolly@dumgal.gov.uk

Dundee City Council – Mark Henderson mark.henderson01@dundeecity.gov.uk

East Ayrshire Council – Steve Chipchase mda@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

East Dunbartonshire Council – Vandrew McLean Vandrew.McLean@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

East Renfrewshire Council – Chris Peacock chris.peacock@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Falkirk Council – John Walter John.walter@falkirk.gov.uk

Fife Council – Hugh Wilson Hugh.wilson@fife.gov.uk

Glasgow City Council (1) – Kirsten Paterson (Equipment Co-ordinator) kirsten.paterson@sw.glasgow.gov.uk

Glasgow City Council (2) – David Montgomery (Loan Store Manager) David.Montgomery@glasgow.gov.uk

Highland Council – David Cowie healthsafetyandwellbeing@highland.gov.uk

Inverclyde Council – David Strain health.safety@inverclyde.gov.uk

Midlothian Council – David Robertson healthandsafety@midlothian.gov.uk

Moray Council – John Watson john.watson@moray.gov.uk

North Ayrshire Council – Kenneth McQuade kennethmcquade@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

North Lanarkshire Council – Carrie MacLeod EAS@northlan.gov.uk

Orkney Islands Council – Bryan Baldwin health.safety@orkney.gov.uk

Perth and Kinross Council – Lorna Hamilton LFHamilton@pkc.gov.uk

Renfrewshire Council – Steven Fanning steven.fanning@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Scottish Borders Council – Stuart Ford sford@scotborders.gov.uk

Shetland Islands Council – Fiona Johnson fiona.johnson@shetland.gov.uk

South Ayrshire Council – Louise MacLeod louise.macleod2@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

South Lanarkshire Council – Stuart Hamilton stuart.hamilton@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Stirling Council – Norman Macleod corporatehealthandsafety@stirling.gov.uk

West Dunbartonshire Council – Stephen Gallagher stephen.gallagher@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

West Lothian Council – Margaret Harris ces@westlothian.gov.uk