Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has been warned by doctors that the Scottish Government’s cuts to health and social care are “undermining our profession and crushing morale”, and could lead to “the collapse of the NHS”.
In a letter seen by The Scotsman and sent to Mr Yousaf, the Grampian Local Medical Committee (LMC) – the representative body for General Practitioners in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray – warned the health secretary that budget cuts have led to “destabilisation” in GP services in Scotland.
The letter further accuses the Scottish Government of “scapegoating” GPs in order to “mask its failings”.
“General Practice has been operating as an underfunded and understaffed service long before Covid,” reads the letter, signed by the Grampian LMC’s deputy chair, Dr. Mishaim Bhana.
“General Practice has been operating as an underfunded and understaffed service long before Covid,” reads the letter, signed by the Grampian LMC’s deputy chair, Dr. Mishaim Bhana.
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