covid-19… GP wellbeing: Making sure your needs are met 22 May 2020May 22, 2020 It shows just how much our lives have changed in the course of a few months when I consider how good it was today to hear that in a weeks’…
covid-19… Covid19 – What next for General Practice in Scotland? 14 May 2020May 14, 2020 In the last week or so we have clearly moved into a new chapter of Covid19 as the number of cases has started to drop. Of course, there is still…
covid-19… COVID-19: model salaried GP contract – update 7 May 2020May 8, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up a lot of questions and uncertainties for many healthcare workers recently – including Sessional GPs. Concerns around death in service, holiday leave and sick…
covid-19… Covid19 – update for General Practice 21 Apr 2020May 14, 2020 Many of us are facing the unrelenting pressures that this pandemic has brought to bear. Our work as GPs has radically altered in the past month as we have adapted to…
covid-19… General practice updates for Covid-19 3 Apr 2020April 3, 2020 These past few weeks have been unlike any other time. I cannot recall an occasion in my 30-odd years as a GP when we have worked under circumstances like this…
covid-19… On the frontline… 30 Mar 2020March 30, 2020 In just one month – March 2020 – we have witnessed the most rapid change ever in UK society. Even during the world wars our shops, cinemas, pubs, hotels, walks…
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 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…
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 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…
