Petitioner: Karen Murphy, Jane Rentoul, David Wilkie, Louisa Rogers and Jennifer Jane Lee
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
18 July 2018
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- Ensure strong rural and remote G.P. representation on the remote and rural short life working group, recently established as part of the new GP contract for Scotland.
- Adjust the Workload Allocation Formula (WAF) urgently in light of the new contract proposals to guarantee that both primary and ancillary services are, at least, as good as they are now in ALL areas so patients do not experience a rural and remote post code lottery in relation to the provision of health care.
- Address remote practice and patient concerns raised in relation to the new G.P. contract.
Additional data provided by the petitioner (19.2KB pdf)
Summary:
13 September 2018: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and the Rural GP Association of Scotland. It also agreed to draw the petition to the attention of the Health and Sport Committee. Link to Official Report 13 September 2018
22 November 2018: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to address concerns raised in relation to how the workload allocation formula was calculated; the transparency of the Remote and Rural General Practice Working Group and the appropriateness of the new GP contract for rural Scotland. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Rural Parliament. Link to Official Report 22 November 2018
4 April 2019: The Committee agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to provide evidence to the Committee on the matters raised in the submissions received to date. Link to Official Report 4 April 2019
9 May 2019: The Committee agreed to reflect on the evidence heard from the Cabinet Secretary at a future meeting. Link to Official Report 9 May 2019
27 June 2019: The Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Health and Sport Committee for consideration as part of its ongoing inquiry work in relation to primary care in Scotland. Link to Official Report of 27 June 2019
29 October 2019: The Committee agreed to close the petition Link to Official Report of 29 October 2019
Written submissions: