Common Contracts

Memorandum of Understanding between Scottish Government, British Medical Association, Integration Authorities and NHS Boards

November 10th, 2017

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  November 10th, 2017

The principles underpinning the approach to general practice in Scotland were set out in a document General Practice: Contract and Context – Principles of the Scottish Approach published by the Scottish General Practitioners Committee (“SGPC”) of the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Scottish Government in October 2016, noting that the Scottish Government and the SGPC are the two negotiating parties on commercial general practitioner (GP) contractual matters in Scotland. This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between The Scottish Government, the Scottish General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association, Integration Authorities and NHS Boards builds on these arrangements and represents a landmark statement of intent, recognising the statutory role (set out in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014) (“the Act”) of Integration Authorities in commissioning primary care services and service redesign to support the role of the GP as an expert medica