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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Clinician
Al Miles
Dr; Deputy Chair of the BMA Scottish GPs committee
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press citations on 1 topic since 25 Apr 2026 · last quoted 1 Jul 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Al Miles: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Dr; Deputy Chair of the BMA Scottish GPs committee
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 1 Jul 2026
- First quoted
- 25 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Al Miles sits on gp access
Ranked 28= of 100 voices quoted in the press on gp access, level with 10 others on 5 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Dr Katie BramallUnionImmediate past chair, BMA GP Committee for England; Chair, BMA GP Committee UK, British Medical Association82 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)63 - 3
Dr Chris ProvanClinicianChair, RCGP Scotland (three-year term began November 2023; described by GPonline in late October 2026 as the outgoing chair, with Dr Chris Williams named as his successor), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland41 - 28=Rowena ChristmasClinicianDr, MBE; Chair of RCGP Cymru Wales (GP), author of the report5
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Dr Duncan GoochClinicianGP and chair of the Primary Care Network at the NHS Confederation5 - 28=Al MilesClinicianDr; Deputy Chair of the BMA Scottish GPs committee5
- 39=Dr Munro StewartSector leaderRCGP vice president4
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Dr Julius ParkerUnionChief Executive, Surrey and Sussex Local Medical Committees, Surrey and Sussex Local Medical Committees (Surrey & Sussex LMCs)4
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05 On the record · press
What Al Miles has said
By outlet · linked articles
- scottishdailyexpress.co.uk3
- heraldscotland.com2
Where Al Miles has been quoted
- 01John Swinney humiliated as flagship SNP GP walk-in centre shuts down alreadyscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 1 Jul 2026
- 02Desperate SNP offer election bribe in Aberdeen South as new GP centre announcedscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 10 Jun 2026
- 03'Administrative error' falsely recorded six hour wait at SNP's GP walk-in clinicheraldscotland.com · 1 May 2026
- 04Medics call for GP walk-in clinic plan to be scrapped as hefty waiting times revealedheraldscotland.com · 25 Apr 2026
- 05John Swinney humiliated as flagship NHS policy ripped up by expertsscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 25 Apr 2026
Verbatim
“The evidence is clear: there is no clinical or financial justification for them, nor a moral argument for their creation in Scotland.”
“The evidence is clear: there is no clinical or financial justification for them, nor a moral argument for their creation in Scotland. In our view, sadly and frustratingly this is a fundamental misuse of the public purse.”
“Walk-in centres offer a fraction of the services of a standard GP surgery, at a much greater financial cost.”
“BMA Scotland has warned that from what we know from the experience of walk-in centres used elsewhere in the UK, there is no convincing evidence they reduce pressure on GP practices, out of hour services, or emergency departments”
“there is no convincing evidence they reduce pressure on GP practices, out of hour services, or emergency departments.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- GP access changes make little difference for most Hampshire patients, survey findsbasingstokegazette.co.uk
- A&G and referrals to remain 'separate options' within single point of access, GPs told - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk
- BMA accepts Northern Ireland GP contract offer putting an end to collective action - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk
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