[1][3] After graduation she worked as a registrar specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology at Simpson's maternity hospital, Edinburgh, under the supervision of Professor Robert James Kellar.
[1] Initially, the clinic had spartan premises - an old shop, possessing a cold tap only, and with the waiting room furnished with wooden benches.
However, in 1957 a bequest of £2,000 allowed the purchase of premises in Dean Terrace, a Georgian town house carefully chosen for its secluded location.
Birth control 'need', and word-of-mouth, meant local women flocked to the newly established clinic in Dean Terrace, and it became a groundbreaking centre for the new methods of contraception that were becoming available.
In her time, the medical specialty of Family Planning has become firmly established in the UK, now known as the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.
Following retirement, she was awarded the William Y Darling Bequest by Edinburgh District Council for Good Citizenship, by a unanimous committee vote.