Question reference: S4W-30591
- Asked by: Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 March 2016
-
Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices have introduced restrictions on new patients registering other than for geographical reasons in each NHS board.
Answer
The following number of practices have introduced restrictions on new patients registering other than for geographical reasons in each NHS board.
|
NHS Board |
Restrictions other than for geographical reasons on new patient registration |
|
Ayrshire and Arran |
0 |
|
Borders |
0 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
0 |
|
Fife |
10* |
|
Forth Valley |
0** |
|
Grampian |
3* |
|
Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
0 |
|
Highland |
0 |
|
Lanarkshire |
0 |
|
Lothian |
33 |
|
Orkney |
0 |
|
Shetland |
0 |
|
Tayside |
0 |
|
Western Isles |
0 |
|
Total |
46 |
Circumstances will arise where a practice experiences capacity issues and is unable to routinely accept new patients onto its list. We expect health boards to work with practices as constructively and as flexibly as is appropriate to help manage the situation and ensure that all patients have access to GP services.
*Open but full.
**Occasionally NHS Forth Valley practices may, for a period of time, only routinely accept patients with family members already registered with the practice, however they would always continue to accept any new patients assigned to the practice by Practitioner Services Division.