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…
General Practice… GP Workload: Coping with increasing demand and chronic underfunding 28 Mar 2024March 28, 2024 Imagine you have a local supermarket. You have been going there for years, your shopping list is getting longer every month, and frankly the bill is getting pretty high. So,…
General Practice GPs and CPD: we are not investing anything like sufficiently in maintaining and developing the skills of our GPs 22 Mar 2024 Medicine has changed a lot since I qualified in 1987. I think it is a real challenge for GPs to keep up to date with so much changing, having to…
General Practice Scottish GPs -Chair’s end of year message 20 Dec 2023December 20, 2023 As we approach the end of 2023 it seems timely to reflect on what progress has been made in general practice. We have come through the pandemic, and now life…
General Practice SLMC2023: Dr Andrew Buist speech 1 Dec 2023December 1, 2023 Chair of SGPC Dr Andrew Buist Speech to SLMC Conference 2023 Good morning conference. Conference this is my 6th and final SLMC conference as Chair of SGPC. It has been…
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