General Practice… Update from BMA Scotland’s GPC negotiating team 23 Apr 2025April 23, 2025 Given the crisis that GP surgeries are facing up and down the country, it will hopefully be no surprise that the team here at the BMA is extremely busy with…
General Practice… BMA Scotland GP update: Audit Scotland report, NI rises and Cabinet Secretary meeting 1 Apr 2025 General Practice is currently operating in the most challenging circumstances of a generation. Last week’s Audit Scotland report set out exactly why, in bleak detail. But, at the BMA’s SGPC…
General Practice Scottish GP update: Employers’ NIC latest 25 Feb 2025 Ever since the Autumn Budget was announced we have been in discussion and lobbying for full reimbursement of Employer's NIC for practices. Unfortunately, the situation looks far from ideal come…
Consultants… BMA Scotland chair’s New Year message: Scotland’s NHS will struggle to see out another New Year without ‘transformative’ reforms 31 Dec 2024 It has become common for well-known dictionary brands to name a “word of the year”. When it comes to the NHS, the word I would have to choose for 2024…
General Practice… BMA SGPC update: SLMC conf, position statement and budget reaction 6 Dec 2024 It has been a busy few days for us at SGPC. On Friday 29th November we had the annual Scottish LMC Conference at the Golden Jubilee in Clydebank. It was…
General Practice… Dr Iain Morrison – full speech to SLMC 2024 29 Nov 2024November 29, 2024 Full text of speech of Dr Iain Morrison, Chair of SGPC to SLMC conference 2024: Good morning Conference, So, how are you all feeling this morning? Personally, this is my…
General Practice… GPs in Scotland – new guidance to help practices cope with “disinvestment and poor funding” AND have your say on our next steps 1 Nov 2024November 1, 2024 It’s been a little more than 2 weeks since we last wrote to you after the disappointing news of the Scottish Government’s GMS contract uplift. Since that point we have…
General Practice SGPC update: Contract uplift falls well short 10 Oct 2024 In our last blog, we said that the degree to which GPs in Scotland are valued by Scottish Government was facing a serious test. Well, we now know the details…
General Practice… New SGPC negotiating team: How much GPs are valued is facing “serious test” 4 Oct 2024October 4, 2024 We would like to introduce ourselves as the newly elected negotiating team of your BMA Scottish General Practice Committee (SGPC). As three active GPs working across Ayrshire, Highland and Lothian…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Introducing new SGPC Chair Dr Iain Morrison 22 Aug 2024 It is an incredible honour to be elected the new Chair of SGPC. I have genuine optimism, that by working together as a community of active GPs, we can look…
General Practice… Dr Andrew Buist: My final blog as SGPC chair 1 Aug 2024 This will be my last communication to you as the Chair of SGPC as my six years are almost over. It’s been a dramatic period that began with the implementation…
General Practice… GP workforce survey – help ensure crucial evidence is collected 20 May 2024 Working as GP in Scotland is very often extremely tough right now. Indeed, it has been for some time. And, to be honest, that isn’t being helped by the actions…
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