General Practice… Deal to end dispute over funding restoration accepted by BMA Scotland GP committee 28 Oct 2025 Dear All, We are delighted to announce that the BMA’s Scottish GP Committee has voted to accept a deal we negotiated with the Scottish Government to end our formal dispute…
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… Stand with your surgery: new resources to support GPs 24 Apr 2025 As GPs, we know the scale of the challenges our surgeries face. Every day, we struggle to do the very best we can for each and every patient we care…
General Practice… BMA Scotland GP update: Audit Scotland report, NI rises and Cabinet Secretary meeting 1 Apr 2025 General Practice is currently operating in the most challenging circumstances of a generation. Last week’s Audit Scotland report set out exactly why, in bleak detail. But, at the BMA’s SGPC…
General Practice Scottish GP update: Employers’ NIC latest 25 Feb 2025 Ever since the Autumn Budget was announced we have been in discussion and lobbying for full reimbursement of Employer's NIC for practices. Unfortunately, the situation looks far from ideal come…
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…
#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…
Uncategorized Update for GPs on employer superannuation contributions 9 Jul 2024July 9, 2024 With so many issues affecting general practice, it’s always welcome to be able to report some positive progress. We have been pushing the Scottish Government for some time over the…
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…
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