General Practice Navigating face coverings in the ‘new normal’ 23 Jul 2020August 10, 2020 As the nation steps cautiously out of lockdown GPs across Scotland are managing a rapid return to normal levels of patient contact, as patients who had delayed contacting their doctor…
General Practice IT is a key tool in improving efficiency… 1 Jul 2020 I hope everyone is coping as the inexorable tide of work floods back into our surgeries, made worse by the fact that our normal relationships with community and acute services…
covid-19… General Practice: Mobilisation and Recovery… 30 Jun 2020June 30, 2020 These are the new buzz words of NHS Scotland. As we come out of the first wave of COVID-19 they apply across the system, although so far inevitably most of…
covid-19… GP services in Scotland during the Covid: next steps 5 Jun 2020June 5, 2020 Many of my blogs since taking over as chair of BMA Scotland’s GP committee have been focussed on transformation – and the positive long term changes we have been working…
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…
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