In 2018, the Scottish Government made a promise.

A new GP contract. A better future.
A system built on stability and support.

But that promise was broken.

Today, it’s patients — you — who pay the price.

Longer waits. Fewer services. Burned-out doctors.
A system under pressure.

General practice funding has dropped from 11% of the NHS budget to less than 6.5%. The support pledged — more staff, less workload — never came. Instead, GPs are being asked to do more with less.
Much less.

This is not just about doctors. This is about your care.

Your appointment that takes weeks.
Your local clinic that’s stretched thin.
Your loved one waiting in pain.

Then came the National Insurance hike. It hit every employer — including GPs.

England stepped in. Scotland didn’t.

The result? GP surgeries in Scotland now lose the equivalent of one month of doctor time every year, just to cover this unfunded cost. No support. No consultation. No warning.

And while the cost of care keeps rising, funding for local enhanced services hasn’t even kept up with inflation.

That’s not just a budget line. That’s:

Minor surgery clinics disappearing.
Structured care for vulnerable patients cut.
GP practices in places like Lothian no longer funded to visit care homes.

This isn’t support. It’s systematic neglect.

Our Demands:

1. Restore general practice funding to at least 11% of the NHS Scotland budget.
   
   
2. Cover the cost of the National Insurance hike for GP practices, as was done in England.
   
   
3. Fully fund local enhanced services so GPs can deliver the care communities need.

GPs are not asking for more money for themselves — they’re asking for the resources to care for you.

If we don’t act now, we risk losing the kind of general practice that generations before us could rely on.

 
✊ Your Doctor. Your Right. Your Fight.

📢 Ask your MSP: Where’s the funding you took from our practices?

📢 If England protected its GPs, why didn’t Scotland?

📢 Will you stand by while care is cut — or stand up for the NHS we were promised?