General Practice £9million to improve patient care 24 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 Thursday’s announcement from the Scottish Government that GP Practices will receive more than £9 million of new funding to allow them to improve their premises and IT systems to provide…
General Practice The future of primary care… 7 Oct 2019 You may, or may not be, aware that the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee is conducting an enquiry into the future of Primary Care in Scotland. BMA Scotland recently…
General Practice… GPs hit by pensions tax bills 12 Sep 2019 Over recent months our members - in particular consultants and GPs – have told us they are being hit with unexpected, large pension tax bills. This is due to the…
General Practice New report highlights work that needs to be done… 29 Aug 2019 I don’t need to tell you that our profession is struggling to recruit – we are all acutely aware of that – but that knowledge doesn’t make seeing the real…
General Practice… Pay Award for GPs 29 Aug 2019August 29, 2019 You may well have seen that the Scottish Government has announced a 2.5% uplift in pay for all doctors backdated to April. For GP partners this will be delivered through…
General Practice Out and about: Listening to remote and rural GPs 21 Aug 2019 Throughout my time as a GP – and more recently as chair of the Scottish GP committee – I have seen the many challenges we face across the country. I…
General Practice… SGPC update 18 Jul 2019July 17, 2019 Heading into the summer, and with another successful ARM in Belfast now behind us, this seems a good time to update you on the work SGPC has ongoing. To start…
General Practice… Pensions – are you affected? 7 Jun 2019July 17, 2019 GPC Scotland’s main concerns over recent times have focused on improving GP recruitment and retention and, more recently, the increase in employer’s pension superannuation payments. There has also been much…
General Practice A Perfect Partnership 22 May 2019July 3, 2019 Finding your perfect match isn’t always easy. There are, understandably, numerous boxes to tick before you can be sure you’ve found ‘the one’: you share the same values, the same…
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