GP autonomy ‘will be lost’ under Scottish contract, warns former RCGP chair

GP autonomy 'will be lost' under Scottish contract, warns former RCGP chair

GPs will lose their autonomy to employ and manage their practice team under the new GP contract, a former RCGP Scotland chair has warned.

The new Scottish contract will see a number of health care professionals employed directly by the NHS, but attached to GP practices. The NHS will also pay the expenses for all staff from 2020 if the contract is voted through by the profession.

Under the agreement, GP partners will earn a minimum of £80,430 by April 2019 , and there is an intention that no GP will own their premises by 2043.But Dr Miles Mack, who was […]

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