The purpose of this timeline is to tell the story of the Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC) and set it in context.
SRMC
Publication of Remote and rural General Practice in Scotland: descriptors and challenges
The Scottish School of Primary Care (SSPC) publish Remote and rural General Practice in Scotland: descriptors and challenges The briefing paper for GP clusters explores some of the descriptors and gives examples of the day to day practice of GPs working in remote and rural practices at a time of..Read More
Publication of Audit Scotland’s NHS workforce planning (part 2) – the clinical workforce in general practice
This comprehensive report from Audit Scotland gives five key messages and makes a number of recommendations to the Scottish Government. It includes a timeline showing policy documents since publication of the 2020 Vision in September 2011. There is extensive use of infographics to convey key information and uses Tableau to..Read More
Publication of brief to the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee’s inquiry into “What does primary care look like for the next generation?”
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) is an impartial information service in support of Parliamentary business. This briefing provides comprehensive about how Primary Care in Scotland operates and seeks to inform members of the Health and Sports Committee as they seek to answer “what does primary care look like for..Read More
Two additional Project Managers join the SRMC
Shirley Feaks and David Priest join the SRMC team as Project Managers. [Shirley left 03/10/20 and David left 31/03/22]
Publication of ‘Being Here’ project evaluation
‘Being Here’ publish their project evaluation report. The ‘Being Here’ project was an initiative to build the sustainability of health and care services in remote and rural areas by developing and testing new delivery models for service provision in Scotland. The Project was managed by NHS Highland and funded by..Read More
Publication of the National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan – Part 3 (Primary Care)
The Scottish Government publish the National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan – Part 3 which is about improving workforce planning for primary care in Scotland.
GP Jobs website is officially launched
Jeanne Freeman, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport officially launches the GP Jobs website at the RCGP annual conference in Glasgow.
New GP contract comes into effect
A new GP contract was formally accepted by the profession on 18th January 2018. The agreement, jointly designed and agreed between the Scottish Government and the British Medical Association (BMA), and is anticipated to bring the biggest reform of GP services to Scotland in over a decade.
RCGP Scottish Council issue a GP Workforce paper
RCGP Scottish Council issue a GP Workforce paper which includes their assessment that by 2021 Scotland will face a projected shortfall of 856 WTE GPs.
Publication of the National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan – Part 2 (Social Care)
The Scottish Government publish the National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan – Part 2 which sets out seven recommendations with the aim to begin a process that will improve national and local workforce planning for social care in Scotland to help ensure we get the right people into the..Read More