General Practice Data collection is vital for Phase 2 progression 5 Feb 2020February 5, 2020 I am grateful to those practices who have so far returned the expenses and workforce data collection. I know this came at a busy time for practices and your accountants…
General Practice Listening to remote and rural… 22 Jan 2020January 23, 2020 Last week the Remote and Rural working group met and, along with the Cabinet Secretary, SGPC welcomed the launch of Sir Lewis Ritchie's Shaping the Future Together: Remote and Rural…
General Practice… Recognising and supporting out of hours GP services in Scotland 3 Jan 2020January 3, 2020 Last weekend I did a couple of GP out of hours shifts in Dundee. I confess even at my career stage (and what I do as BMA Chair of GPs…
#ScotlandsDoctors… More must be done to care for those who care for the people of Scotland 27 Dec 2019 The huge pressures doctors are working under across Scotland have been exposed by the results of a BMA survey published today. Reacting to the survey, BMA Scotland Chair Lewis Morrison…
General Practice Christmas care… 24 Dec 2019December 24, 2019 The wellbeing of GPs is of the utmost concern and never more so than at this time of year when GPs are struggling to cope with the demands of excessive…
General Practice Reflecting on the year that was 21 Dec 2019December 20, 2019 The festive season always makes me reflective on the year past and I am struck by how far our profession has come. This time last year we were only in the…
Bullying… Supporting doctors this christmas: Help us understand the pressure you are under 1 Dec 2019 Despite being bombarded by the music and advertising for seemingly months, it’s probably not too early now to start thinking about the festive period. I very deliberately choose ‘thinking about’…
General Practice Andrew Buist SLMC ’19 speech 29 Nov 2019March 22, 2020 Conference – good morning. I doubt I am the first Chair of SGPC to deliver this speech and begin by saying this is a crucial time for our profession. But…
General Practice SLMC look ahead 26 Nov 2019November 28, 2019 On Friday the Scottish Local Medical Committee conference takes place in Clydebank, when representatives from Scotland’s 14 LMCs come together to debate policy that forms the basis of our SGPC…
General Practice Renewed focus and drive needed to transform GP services across Scotland 18 Nov 2019 Recently I was fortunate to be able to attend the RGPAS conference in Inverness by invitation to discuss progress on implementation of Phase 1 of the GP contract. As we…
General Practice Implementing the GP contract – The challenges we face 8 Nov 2019November 8, 2019 This has been an important week for the implementation of the 2018 GP contract. Indeed, just yesterday we had two key meetings which I feel it is important I update…
General Practice… Funding to encourage more student training 30 Oct 2019November 7, 2019 You may have recently read that the Scottish Government is planning to invest an additional £5 million for more undergraduate GP teaching, following on from the publication of a report…
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