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THE ASK My GP online triage service should be live at the Scalloway Health Centre at the end of June. The service is currently in only in place at Lerwick Health Centre. The app allows patients to message health professionals from their phone about issues rather than attend.
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PERMANENT recruitment of GPs to Shetland remains challenging despite some success with a new ârotational modelâ introduced two years ago.
NHS Shetland confirmed this week that four posts in rural surgeries remain unfilled although interviews for vacancies in Yell and Unst are planned for next week.
However a vacancy in Bixter has been advertised several times with no interest.
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And a new vacancy in Brae from the end of July will be advertised shortly.
A new scheme to attract GPs to work in the north of Scotland on limited short-term contracts has had some positive results.
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