Reports
SSPC
Golden Hello Report - March 2026
The Scottish School of Primary Care was commissioned by the Scottish Government to evaluate the Golden Hello (GH) scheme. This long-standing financial incentive provides one-off payments to encourage General Practitioners (GPs) to join practices with established recruitment difficulties. These include practices in areas of deprivation and/or in more remote or rural localities. This evaluation considered the scheme as a complex intervention and examined its processes, outcomes, and place within the wider recruitment and retention landscape in Scotland.
SSPC
Two reports from meetings held in the Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh on 1st September 2025, led by Stewart Mercer (University of Edinburgh), Carey Lunan (University of Edinburgh) and David Blane (University of Glasgow).
Morning: "Transforming Primary Care In Scotland. New models of care in General Practice: learning from Scotland, Denmark and England."
Transforming Primary Care in Scotland
Afternoon: "Addressing the Inverse Care Law in Scotland: Learning from Scotland, Denmark and England."
Addressing the Inverse Care Law in Scotland
Please note that speaker slides are available on request, by contacting Stewart Mercer (morning) and David Blane (afternoon) directly.
SSPC
'New Models of Primary Care in Scotland'
SSPC National Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland -Exec Summary
SSPC National Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland (January 2019)
Advanced Nurse Practitioner Case Study (January 2019)
Ayrshire and Arran Case Study (January 2019)
Lanarkshire Case Study (January 2019)
Musculoskeletal Case Study (January 2019)
Tayside Case Study (January 2019)
SSPC
2018 Scottish GP Survey Results Summary
2018 Scottish GP Survey Results Summary
NB. This version superceds the version posted to GPs who took part in the survey regarding an error with the year of qualification.
Academic Training Pathway for General Practice in Scotland
Short life Working Group
Clearing the Path Report (26.02.21)
'Quality after QOF'
A workshop hosted by the Scottish School of Primary Care (23.03.16)
Speakers Presentations
'Learning Together'
Sharing international experience on new models of primary care; policy, delivery and evaluation (17.05.17)
SSPC
'Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care: Inverclyde Case Study' (January 2018)
A Qualitative Evaluation of the Govan SHIP:
A Social and Health Integration Partnership Project (June 2017)
'Scotland - New Scotland Integrated Primary Care Initiative'
Workshop Report - Royal Society of Edinburgh
16 May 2018
Scotland - New Scotland Integrated Primary Care Initiative
Report of the Inaugural Meeting
28 - 30 September 2017
