Joining Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games 2026
Dr Fiona Wilson, Founder and Clinical Director of The Edinburgh Practice has been named as Lead for Mental Health & Wellbeing for Team Scotland at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In this role she will be responsible for ensuring the performance psychology, mental health and overall wellbeing of athletes and staff throughout the preparation, delivery, and post-Games phases. This will involve providing strategic leadership on mental health and psychology support, collaborating with medical, performance, and lifestyle teams, and driving the implementation of proactive psychological strategies across multiple sites.
Elinor Middlemiss MBE, Head of Games Operations commented: “We are delighted to welcome Fiona to Team Scotland for Glasgow 2026.
“She has a strong track record in supporting athletes and staff to perform at their best under the pressure of a major event. With performance psychology, mental health and the overall wellbeing of athletes and staff of paramount importance, she will be a huge asset to the team”
Joining Fiona are fellow members of The Edinburgh Practice team. Dr Carrie McCrea is Chief Medical Officer, her third Games with Team Scotland, including as Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Birmingham 2022. She was also a member of the Team GB medical team at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she held the roles of Sport and Exercise Medical Doctor and Mental Health Lead. Her current roles also include providing performance medical support in elite motorsport, including Formula One.
Jon Twynham will head up the physiotherapy team following Team Physiotherapist and Senior Team Physiotherapist roles at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 respectively. His first involvement with Team Scotland was as part of the medical team for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. He is currently a lead physiotherapist for Swimming and Triathlon at the sportscotland Institute of Sport, was part of the Team GB medical team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and worked as Swimming Physiotherapist for Team GB at Paris 2024.
Dr Zoe Black, Sports Psychologist will also be part of Team Scotland.
We are looking forward to the games and launching our own health and wellbeing performance services in 2026!