The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

MSP extremely concerned about GP Contract after resignation from working body

[IMG][/IMG] Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant is extremely concerned for the future of remote GPs' practices after a prominent figure from the Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) resigned from a key working group. Dr David Hogg, Vice-Chair of RGPAS, says that the short life Remote and Rural General Practice Working Group, set up by the Scottish Government in the wake of the New GP Contract, appears to have "fallen by the wayside" when it comes to finding ways to ensure the contract is implemented successfully in rural areas. [Read Full Article]