Most Scottish GPs Say Their Workload Is Too Much

A new survey has found a third of family doctors wouldn't pick the career if they could choose again.

There are more claims of a crisis in family healthcare in Scotland after a survey of GPs.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie sent his own questionnaire to doctors to find out how they feel about their jobs.

It found 12 medical centres in Fife have a shortage of medics and around 35% of those working in the Kingdom feel their workload is unmanageable.

Across the country the study found some GPs wouldn't pick the career if they could choose again with more than a third (33%) saying they would go down a different route.

Mr Rennie issued his report called "The Crisis In Scottish Primary Healthcare" saying: "The results are damning. The headline finding that more than three in ten GPs would not opt for general practice if they were making the career choice now reveals the depth of the crisis.

"They identify workload as a major reason with only a small fraction reporting that their workload is manageable. The remainder report that the workload is unmanageable or heavy at times."

The Royal College of GPs Scotland has already published a plan for change addressing issues like funding, contracts and recruitment.