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Xander Elliards

'Vicious spiral' warning as number of Scottish GPs falls to lowest level since 2009

MEDICS have branded a 3% fall in the number of full-time GPs in Scotland “hugely worrying”, as capacity dips to its lowest level since 2009.

It comes amid a looming winter NHS crisis which Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has warned could be the worst on record.

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