GPs in Scotland have issued an urgent plea for help, and most say that their practices are not sustainable in the long term.
A survey carried out by BMA Scotland also found that a quarter of GPs were considering leaving their practices in the next two years, as workload pressures meant that 43% reported no realistic prospect of meeting patients’ demands in the near future.
The situation was described as bleak by Andrew Buist, who chairs the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioners Committee. …