Scottish Government settles with GPs to save 300 000 appointments every week and avert ‘catastrophe’ expected in NHS England

in the Guardian today, the above and this:

Industrial action by GPs could have a “catastrophic” impact on A&E units, the 111 telephone advice service and mental healthcare, a senior NHS leader has told the Guardian.

Family doctors who run GP surgeries across England are about to finish voting on whether to reduce the care they provide – including limiting the number of patients they see to 25 a day – in protest at the previous government increasing their budget by only 1.9% this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/gps-capping-patient-numbers-could-have-catastrophic-effect-on-ae-says-nhs-chief

In Scotland:

The Government have now written to BMA Scotland with the details – they are that the uplift will include the DDRB recommended 6% for GP earnings, with 6.5% for practice staff earnings, and 6% for non-staff expenses. 

https://bmascotland.home.blog/2023/09/25/gp-uplift-details-announced-bma-response/

More than three times the uplift.

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