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Clinician
Dr Iain Morrison
Chair of the BMA Scottish GP Committee
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press citations on 2 topics since 28 Nov 2025 · last quoted 26 Oct 2026
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Dr Iain Morrison: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chair of the BMA Scottish GP Committee
- Quoted on
- GP access, NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Tracked press citations
- 18
- Most recently quoted
- 26 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 28 Nov 2025
04 The signal · where Dr Iain Morrison sits on gp access
Ranked 9 of 100 voices quoted in the press on gp access with 17 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 - 7=Dr Rob BarnettSector leaderChair of BMA professional fees committee18
- 7=Gareth OelmannClinicianDr, chair of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee Wales18
- 9Dr Iain MorrisonClinicianChair of the BMA Scottish GP Committee17
- 10Andy PowSector leaderSpecialist medical accountant13
- 11Dr Grant IngramsSector leaderChief Executive, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) LMC11
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Iain Morrison has said
By outlet · linked articles
- scottishdailyexpress.co.uk6
- gponline.com3
- pulsetoday.co.uk3
- scotsman.com3
- heraldscotland.com2
Where Dr Iain Morrison has been quoted
- 01BMA advises GPs to raise formal dispute with health boards over IT provision - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 26 Oct 2026
- 02BMA keeping 'robust' industrial action plan for future, Scottish GPC chair tells Pulse LIVE - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 7 Oct 2026
- 03Swinney warned expansion of GP walk-in clinics risks worsening health inequalitiesscotsman.com · 27 Aug 2026
- 04Senior doctors: Scottish ministers ignored us over 'failing' GP walk-in clinicsheraldscotland.com · 2 Aug 2026
- 05John Swinney humiliated by the Scottish Greens as flagship NHS policy in tattersscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 29 Jul 2026
- 06Doctors criticise Scotland's GP walk-in centres as some see only three patients per dayscotsman.com · 29 Jul 2026
- 07Delusional John Swinney boasts about failing policy hours after it's torn apartscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 29 Jul 2026
- 08SNP's flagship policy to introduce walk-in GP centres slammed as a failurescottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 09'Shameful' John Swinney's flagship health policy 'flops' over low attendancescottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 10Medics dismiss GP walk-in centres as 'politics over practicality'dailyrecord.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 11Scottish jobs boom attracts GPs frozen out of work in England | GPonlinegponline.com · 27 Jul 2026
- 12Lara Bird boasts flagship SNP GP policy success is 'self evident' with no proofscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 22 Jul 2026
- 13Call for probe into 'completely unaffordable' SNP walk-in GP clinicsscotsman.com · 25 Apr 2026
- 14John Swinney humiliated as flagship NHS policy ripped up by expertsscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 25 Apr 2026
- 15'We can't afford to see essential resources lost in pilot schemes', GP leaders warnheraldscotland.com · 13 Jan 2026
- 16GP News Update: 'Difficult' GP contract fears, neighbourhood contracts, GP funding in Scotland | GPonlinegponline.com · 3 Dec 2025
- 17Scottish GP leaders vote to pursue a new GMS contract - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 28 Nov 2025
- 18'Pivotal' moment as GPs in Scotland urged to seize funding lifeline | GPonlinegponline.com · 28 Nov 2025
Verbatim
“acutely raw”
“It was true industrial action. It's very complex in how you deliver that through a contractor framework. It's very different to an employed framework where you just withdraw labour, but we had a robust plan with KC advice, that we will keep just in case for the future.”
“We have consistently highlighted that 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 hours services, or emergency departments and they offer only a fraction of the range of services available through a traditional GP practice, but at a much greater financial cost.”
“there is no convincing evidence they reduce pressure on GP practices, out of hours services, or emergency departments”
“Unfortunately, it does look like a case of 'We told you so.' We knew from extensive evidence from the English walk-in centre network that they failed to alleviate any pressure on existing GP services or A&E departments, yet they cost a considerable amount of money.”
“We knew from extensive evidence from the English walk-in centre network that they failed to alleviate any pressure on existing GP services or A&E departments, yet they cost a considerable amount of money.”
“We knew from extensive evidence from the English walk-in centre network that they failed to alleviate any pressure on existing GP services or A&E departments, yet they cost a considerable amount of money.”
“We knew from extensive evidence from the English walk-in centre network that they failed to alleviate any pressure on existing GP services or A&E departments, yet they cost a considerable amount of money.”
“Our initial concerns that we raised when they first announced this pilot remain, and unfortunately, it does look like a case of, we told you so.”
“Our initial concerns that we raised when they first announced this pilot remain, and unfortunately, it does look like a case of, we told you so”
“Our administration has treated us with a lot more respect and supported us more in the last couple of years than we've seen south of the border.”
“walk-in centres will be "exposed as being completely unaffordable"”
“Walk-in centres will be "exposed as being completely unaffordable".”
“Walk-in centres become an incredibly inefficient way to deliver healthcare if you don't have continuity. They are a distraction from the need for long-term strategic planning rather than a short term pilot.”
“We know walk-in centres used elsewhere in the UK have not demonstrated good value for money and we remain unconvinced that this model will have a significant impact on reducing demand on other services, including GP workloads.”
“the three-year package could be the 'start of a much brighter future' for general practice”
“The next three years are going to be absolutely pivotal to the future of our profession.”
“The next three years are absolutely pivotal to the future of our profession.”
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- NHS Grampian apologises after report finds 'serious weaknesses' affecting patient safetyheraldscotland.com
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