Medical Career
Simpson was educated at Perth Academy, Trinity College Glenalmond, and the University of Edinburgh.
A GP and psychiatrist prior to his election, Dr Simpson is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He was also a former associate member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a member of the faculty's working group on Prostate Cancer.
He was a founding member and Chair of the Strathcarron Hospice, Denny.
Between 2003 and 2007 he worked within Addiction medicine, first within Glasgow then as Consultant Psychiatrist in charge of the Drug Addiction Team of West Lothian.
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