GPs in Scotland reȷect call for “fully salaried GP service”

General practitioners in Scotland have rejected a call for a “move to a fully salaried GP service” with similar terms and conditions to hospital consultants, saying that this would lead to a loss of flexibility and continuity of care.Proposing a motion at the conference of Scottish local medical committees on 1 December in Clydebank,1 Andrew Forder, a GP from Lothian Local Medical Committee, said that the Scottish government had failed to fully deliver the 2018 GP contract and that general practice was still in a “perilous state” six years later.“Workload is still unsustainable, morale is still low, and practices are still struggling . . . We need to recognise the danger of the current situation and urgently look for an escape route,” said Forder, adding that the independent contractor model was “no longer fit for purpose.”He said, “I think there’s no question that the independent contractor model is a beautiful…
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