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Bill Martin
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Are there any immediate issues unique to remote and rural communities which the National Centre will need to focus on to improve primary and community care in these areas?
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At the moment we have an extremely good local service from our local GP but we have been getting changes that are worrying We are being asked more and more to go to a Health centre further away to receice some services which we could get a t our local surgery
Are there any issues which the National Centre will be unable to address, which may require further policy action from the Government?
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As the local community in the near by town where our GP is located expands in a rapid faction the GP surgery is being placed under more and more pressure as it was a small practice and as we are within its area at the moment we are afraid that we will be s pushed out of the practice area s we are very rural and they may want to concentrate in the area closer to their practice offices
What would you like to see included in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming Remote and Rural Workforce Strategy?
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A commitment that if the population in a particular area increases in population the GP practice will be expanded to accommodate the increase and that the more rural areas are not cut of and further away to receive the services they receive at the moment
What specific workforce related issues should the strategy look to resolve?
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The local GP has staffing problems at the moment and the surgery is a bit small for the population it now serves so we believe that is why we are being asked to travel the extra mileage to receive say attention of a nurse which was done locally only a few months ago and if this trend continues we could be asked more and more to travel well out our area to receive treatment from a Centre that would not accept us on to their books as we were to far away but we have now to travel there for treatment. Our local GP's surgery should be relocated to larger premises and suitably staffed to carry out all the normal functions that it did rather than forcing especially the elderly to travel to get the treatment they require
Are there any workforce-related issues which the creation of a Remote and Rural Workforce Strategy alone will not address. If so, what are these issues and what additional action may be required to address them?
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I do not see how a Rural Workforce Strategy Alone can deal with the problems I have outlined