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BMA Scotland: General practice cannot sustain the pressures of this ‘full-blown crisis’ any longer
There are 451,122 more patients registered with GP practices in Scotland in 2024 than there were in 2012.
The Scottish Government promised 800 new GPs. However, the numbers are actually reducing. From 2013 to 2023, the GP whole time equivalent workforce has fallen 5.35% – a fall of 196.7 WTE GPs.
The number of GP practices providing services to patients in Scotland has reduced from 997 in 2012 to 889 practices in 2024, a fall of nearly 11%.
The PCIP services and the extended MDT team are not as developed as they should be. The Scottish Government’s funding for this is stagnating. Practices are therefore having to undertake work on an unfunded basis.
The lack of improvement grants; the Scottish Government’s failure to deliver on lease assignments; the pausing of the Sustainability Loan Scheme have all contributed to problems in general practice.
42% of practices in Scotland report at least one GP vacancy. The number of GP partners reduced by 14% between 2012 and 2022.
Successive years of under funding to general practice for the DDRB award, staff pay uplifts, and non-staff expenses has increased the financial pressures on practices.
Over the past twenty years, the share of the NHS budget for general practice has declined.
The reasons for this are multiple, and include an ageing population, and more people with long term conditions and more complex care.
Lack of progress on delivering electronic prescribing – a key Scottish Government commitment. Scotland is the only part of Great Britain without electronic prescribing.
The Scottish Government needs to do more to directly support general practice. Please contact your MSPs. The MSPs contact details can be found on the Scottish Parliament website.
Courtesy of Glasgow Local Medical Committee Ltd
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