Funding of £505,000 for the years 2016/17 and 2017/18 is awarded to the Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC) from the GP Recruitment and Retention fund. The seven NHS Boards named in the Collaborative are; Highland, Shetland, Western Isles, Ayrshire & Arran, Grampian, Dumfries & Galloway and Orkney. The funding is allocated to NHS Tayside on behalf of the North of Scotland Planning Group (NoSPG).