Scottish general practitioners committee

GPC Scotland executive subcommittee 

The executive subcommittee is composed of the GPC Scotland office bearers (Andrew Buist, Andrew Cowie and Patricia Moultrie), the chair of SLMC conference (Alastair Taylor), and five elected members from SGPC.

For the 2023/24 session, the elected members are: Dr Chris Black, Dr Jenny English, Dr David Herron, Dr John Ip and Dr Tyra Smyth.

Elected by local medical committees

Tayside LMC (2 representatives)
Claire Part
Andrew Thomson 

Western Isles LMC (1 representative and 1 deputy)
Brian Michie

Elected by the annual representative meeting 2022 (from a Scottish constituency)
Patricia Moultrie

Elected by Conference of LMCs (UK) to GPC
Andrew Cowie

Voting nominees of other bodies:

GP trainees committee

Sessional GPs committee
Jennifer MacDonald

Medical Practitioners Union
Andrew Gray

Non-voting nominees of other bodies:

Chair of Scottish Council
Iain Kennedy

Chair of UK GPC
Andrew Buist and Alan Stout

Deputy Chair of GPC England
Samira Anane

Chair of NI GPC
Alan Stout

Chair of GPC Wales
Gareth Oelmann

Chair of Scottish LMC conference
Alastair Taylor

Representative from Scottish consultants committee
Graeme Eunson

Observers

Scottish Council of Royal College of General Practitioners
David Shackles
Chris Williams (deputising)

Scottish Dental Practitioners Committee
John Davidson
Gillian Lennox (deputising)

Forty-three elected regionally for GPC UK (4 Scottish representatives)

Ayrshire and Arran/Borders/Dumfries and Galloway/Lanarkshire - Chris Black

Grampian/Highland/Orkney/Shetland/Western Isles - Iain Kennedy

Glasgow and Clyde - John Ip

Forth Valley/Fife /Lothian/Tayside - Stuart Blake

• Seats/term - every year, all 14 LMCs in Scotland elect representatives for a one-session term. Seats are distributed evenly between LMCs based on the number of patients in the area. LMCs with only one representative also have a deputy representative.
• Timeline - elections are run by the LMCs and timelines may vary. 
• Eligibility - contact your local medical committee to find out the eligibility criteria.

• Seats/term - every year, a third of the 43 UK regions elect a representative for a three-session term to GPC UK. Scottish elected representatives have a voting seat on GPC UK and SGPC.
• Timeline - elections are usually held in February or March. 
• Eligibility - all GPs who are BMA members are eligible to stand if they live or work in the relevant regions. All GPs can vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, representatives of the LMC UK conference are elected to GPC UK for a one-session term. The elected representatives from Scotland have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - elections are held at the LMC UK conference in May.
• Eligibility - only LMC UK conference delegates can stand and vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, members from a Scottish constituency are elected to GPC UK from the ARM elections for a one-session term. The first Scottish representative via STV (single transferable vote) will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - the nomination period opens a month before ARM, and voting closes a few days after ARM.
• Eligibility - all UK GP BMA members can stand for election but only ARM delegates can vote.

• Seats/term - every year, half of the 19 UK regions elect a representative for a two-session term. Representatives for Scotland North, Scotland West and Scotland East regions will then be eligible for election as the Scottish GP trainee representative and will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - GP registrars regional elections are usually held in March or April. Elections for the Scottish GP Trainee representative on SGPC are held at the first GP Trainee committee meeting of the session.
• Eligibility - all GP registrars who are BMA members are eligible to stand if they live or work in the relevant regions. All GP registrars can vote in this election.

• Seats/term - every year, one member for Scotland is elected from the sessional GPs committee elections for a three-session term. The elected member will have a voting seat on SGPC.
• Timeline - this election is usually held in March or April.
• Eligibility - all salaried, freelance and locum GPs* who are BMA members in Scotland are eligible to stand in this election. Retainer scheme GPs based in Scotland are also eligible to stand in this election, regardless of their time commitment. All salaried, freelance and locum GPs can vote in this election.

*Salaried or freelance/locum GPs will be eligible if, for the six months before the election, their NHS general practice performer's work has been solely as a salaried and/or freelance GP (excluding work as a GP appraiser) or a GP trainee, and an average of at least seven hours per week of NHS general practice work has been undertaken for that period.