petition protesting against ‘the potentially disastrous effects’ of the new GP contract had its hearing last Thursday at the Scottish Parliament.
The new contract, which came into force on April 1, was negotiated by the British Medical Association and the Scottish Government, and agreed by the GP workforce.
It aims ‘to set a new direction for general practice in Scotland’, improving access for patients, addressing health inequalities and reducing GP workload by expanding the primary care multidisciplinary team. Its first phase introduces a new workload allocation formula (WAF), which determines how much money GP practices get.