PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING - What should primary care look like for the future generation?

RCN briefing on the future of primary care for MSPs.

Our members working in the community tell us that they are feeling under pressure and are challenged on staffing capacity – yet they are being asked to take on more and more, including increased support to care homes and the increased workload caused by COVID-19 and other changes to unscheduled care access. To secure the future of primary care we need remobilisation and redesign of health and care services in Scotland following the COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the pressing need for: more planning and consideration of community health and care in designing health structures and services; more efficient multidisciplinary working across primary care that recognises the contribution of each profession; and for IT systems that properly talk to each other.