Andrew Buist

As many as 1 in 6 people are resorting to DIY healthcare in Scotland after failing to secure a GP appointment, new research by Scottish Liberal Democrats found. PIC: Polina Tankilevitch/www.pexels.com

Rise in DIY healthcare echoes the backstreet surgery of Dickensian Britain

Scotland now has fewer GPs than in 2009 and many are retiring early.

‘Tipping point’ as GP’s job becomes ‘unbearable’

Visa and sponsorship problems are forcing foreign trainee GPs to leave Scotland, their profession has warned

Doctors' leader warns foreign trainee GPs are being forced out of Scotland

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Three in four Scots GPs face increased abuse from patients, survey finds

People wanting to go to cinemas, museums or sports matches in France have to prove they have had a Covid-19 vaccination or a recent negative test. Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images

How might vaccine passports be extended and why?

Here's why the worst cold ever might be going around this winter. Photo: dragana991 / Canva Pro /Getty Images.

Why your annual cold might be the worst ever this winter

"GPs have been working flat out throughout the pandemic," said the BMA.

Attitude towards GPs must change or Scotland faces catastrophe, says BMA

A Royal Mail delivery worker wearing a mask. Picture: PA

Concern over 'confusion and wasted resources' of duplicate vaccine appointments

All over 65s and clinically vulnerable people in Scotland should have the first dose by mid-March (Picture: Shutterstock)

When will over-70s get the Covid vaccine in Scotland? Timeline for vaccinations

Antibody data on infection in private households suggests that one in 11 in Scotland had Covid-19 in December 2020.

One in 11 Scots had coronvirus by December

NHS staff carrying out testing at a drive-through centre and Dr Andrew Buist of British Medical Association Scotland pictured right picture: JPI Media

NHS to face 'most difficult period ever', says Scottish medical chief

Dr Andrew Buist said expectations about what the NHS could provide would have to change until a vaccine for Covid-19 was found.

NHS Scotland facing ‘most difficult’ winter in history, GPs warn

Hundreds of Scottish GPs and dentists take early retirement

Hundreds of Scottish GPs and dentists take early retirement

BMA Scotland chair blasts Brexit chaos amid concerns over EU nationals

Doctors leader issues Brexit warning for EU nationals working in Scotland's NHS

GPs say staff shortages are at the heart of many problems at local practices.

Lothians GPs say staff shortages the root of problems at local practices

Dr Andrew Buist, Deputy Chair of BMA Scotlands GP Committee. Picture; BMA

Dr Andrew Buist: We need more healthcare teams in the community to help take the...
eadlines warning of another practice struggling as a result of being unable to recruit GPs have become a familiar sight in recent months. Yet many people don't need to see articles in the press to know there is a problem in general practice '“ they are experiencing it for themselves at their own surgery.
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Residents have hit out at the lack of doctors. Picture: Getty

Surgeries in crisis over lack of GPs in Lothians