More GPs working in a safe NHS
There is no doubt that there is a GP crisis in Scotland.
There have been stark warnings of a further shortfall of family doctors by 2020.
People in every community are already seeing the consequences, with short-staffing at surgeries and long waits for appointments. We will:
- Work with the Royal College of GPs in Scotland to build a sustainable future for local health care, reducing the unproductive and misguided controls and targets imposed by central government;
- Increase the proportion of NHS funding allocated to primary care and treble the allocation to the Primary Care Fund;
- Train, recruit and retain more GPs;
- Increase the number of support staff – nurses, allied health professionals and counsellors working in general practice so that more people can be treated successfully;
- Add to the resources available to GPs in our most deprived areas as a priority to tackle health inequalities.
A penny for education
We'll invest half a billion pounds to transform our schools, colleges and nurseries.
An NHS fit for the future
Tackling the GP Crisis & real action on mental health.
Protecting our environment
Action on climate change & investment in warm homes.
Restoring freedoms
Protecting civil liberties & reforming the police
Freedom for the public sector
Freeing public sector workers from top-down targets
