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Primary care in Scotland is at ‘breaking point’ due to rising demand and SNP cuts, Labour warns
A healthcare assistant wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), takes a blood sample from a patient at the Woodford medical clinic at Freshney Green Primary Care Centre in Grimsby, Lincolnshire
PRIMARY care in Scotland is at “breaking point” due to rising demand and SNP cuts, Scottish Labour warned today after figures showed that the number of GP appointments were falling.
Official data this week has shown that the number of patients registered with a GP in Scotland has risen to 5.930 million — about 1,697 per GP in Scotland.
But for the month of January, just 2.4m physical GP appointments took place — roughly 300,000 short of pre-pandemic numbers.
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