General Practice… GP update: Funding webinar and pay survey 10 Apr 2026 Over the past couple of weeks, practices across Scotland should have received further detail from the Scottish Government on the workforce payments and non-staff expenses elements of the funding restoration…
General Practice… GPs in Scotland: further details of funding restoration deal confirmed 24 Mar 2026March 24, 2026 You will have recently received (or soon be about to receive) the confirmatory details of the workforce funding and non-staff expenses for 26/27. We are sorry this has taken some…
Medical students Beyond Capacity – report lays bare challenges facing medical students in Scotland 12 Mar 2026 First, I want to thank all of you who responded to our survey on medical school capacity. It is your insight that has helped us compile the report we are…
General Practice… Walk in centres’ money would have been better invested in core GP services 5 Mar 2026March 5, 2026 We know that most of you are urgently awaiting word on funding and conditions from the 1st of April, and we want to reassure you that we are working flat out…
General Practice… Update for GPs in Scotland: Work to implement funding deal and rediscover the joy in our work continues 5 Feb 2026 Dear All, We have passed the point of saying happy new year so let’s open with congratulations for getting through January! Just as we are sure you will have been…
General Practice… Christmas message for GPs in Scotland: Cautious optimism for 2026 23 Dec 2025 Dear All, It is a good time to reflect upon the year past. With the amount that has gone on it is little wonder it has passed so quickly. For…
General Practice… SGPC formal dispute update: Scottish Government offer received, negotiations to begin 2 Oct 2025October 2, 2025 As you will be aware we have been in formal dispute with the Scottish Government since June of this year. We have had multiple meetings with Government since and had anticipated…
General Practice… Spreading the word on our fight for full funding restoration 12 Sep 2025 This summer, your BMA Scotland GP leadership team took to the road with a series of events designed to put the future of general practice at the centre of conversation…
General Practice… BMA Scotland summer roadshows for GPs: find out the dispute latest and help shape the campaign for full funding restoration 4 Aug 2025August 4, 2025 The weather has been very variable this summer, much like the fortunes of general practice over the years. Hopefully you are managing to squeeze in some holiday and rest, given…
General Practice… Enough is enough: Scottish GPs move into dispute with the Scottish Government 26 Jun 2025June 26, 2025 General Practice continues to face significant challenges in delivering the core services we so dearly want to protect for our patients. The ridiculous paradox of GP Partners having to look at what…
ARM Justice, dignity, and the duty of care that governments’ owe: why we need to treat long Covid as an occupational disease 24 Jun 2025 Yesterday at the BMA's ARM in Liverpool, Deputy Scottish Council Chair Dr Nora Murray-Cavanagh successfully proposed a motion on treating Long Covid as an occupational disease. You can find her…
General Practice Stand with your surgery: Please don’t let us burn out 19 Jun 2025June 19, 2025 I am a GP who genuinely loves her job. It is a challenging but wonderfully rewarding vocation. The team I work with are driven by an incredible desire to do…
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