Uncategorized General practice – and the whole NHS – is struggling badly 9 Jun 2022June 9, 2022 Across healthcare services we are not in a good place just now. To be honest it is only the increasing cost of living crisis, ‘partygate’ and the Ukraine situation which…
Uncategorized Tough times for GPs – but some cause for optimism 21 Mar 2022March 28, 2022 As chair of GPC Scotland it can be risky to start to feel more positive about things. It has been a terrible 2 years for all of us. I am…
Uncategorized Pay update for GPs 23 Aug 2021 Just over a week ago the Scottish Government announced a 3% uplift in pay for all doctors backdated to April. You may well have seen this through the BMA reaction,…
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 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…