Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE2210 · Session 6

Improve access to local healthcare in rural communities

Closed Submitted 21 Oct 2025
Signatures
69
Comments
0
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve access to local healthcare in rural communities by:
* ensuring that GP practices resume inclusive emergency care pathways at all hours
* ensuring on-call doctors are available in GP practices and emergency clinics, including after hours
* removing telephone triaging, telephone appointments and remote diagnosing
* prohibiting GP receptionists from requesting private health information or redirecting patients to other disciplines

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 11 Feb 2026
    1 mention

Signatures by country

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Comments

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