Addressing Scotland’s GP Recruitment and Retention Challenges

As an amendment to motion S5M-17011 in the name of Alison Johnstone (Addressing Scotland’s GP Recruitment and Retention Challenges), insert at end "; is concerned about the increasing gaps in out-of-hours GP service provision across Scotland, given the value of this service to local communities and its importance for relieving pressures on A&E departments; acknowledges the significant challenges faced by rural GPs and their critiques of the new GP contract, as stated by Dr David Hogg when he resigned from the Scottish Government’s Remote and Rural General Practice Working Group, and believes that any review of GP resources should include a specific focus on out-of-hours coverage and rural service provision."