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It comes after a number of challenges related to GP recruitment in Banff and the surrounding area including Portsoy, Aberchirder and Gardenstown in recent years.
Now, Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Stewart Stevenson has called for a meeting with Health Secretary Jeane Freeman after Deveron Medical Practice told NHS Grampian it would end its contract in April 2019.
The practice currently serves around 6,000 patients.
In a letter Mr Stevenson said the decision was attributed to the “ongoing and chronic problems” with GP recruitment in the area.
Commenting, Stewart Stevenson MSP said:
“This decision by Deveron Medical Practice will be causing uncertainty for those in the Banff and Macduff areas who are registered with the practice.
"People will understandably be very keen to know what steps are being taken to ensure continuing access to primary care.
“I have requested a meeting with the Health Secretary as a matter of urgency to discuss not only the immediate concerns, but also longer term solutions to the GP recruitment challenges we are experiencing in the north of Aberdeenshire.”
"People will understandably be very keen to know what steps are being taken to ensure continuing access to primary care.
“I have requested a meeting with the Health Secretary as a matter of urgency to discuss not only the immediate concerns, but also longer term solutions to the GP recruitment challenges we are experiencing in the north of Aberdeenshire.”
