Overview

• The First Minister announced walk-in primary care sites intended to deliver over one million additional GP and nurse appointments.
• Centres would operate seven days a week from noon to 8pm, offer care without pre-booking, and be staffed by GPs and nurses.
• The first site is due to open within 12 months, with the Daily Record reporting only one centre in that period.
• PA reported an estimated cost of about £30 million for the first 15 centres, which the government did not confirm in the speech.
• The announcement was paired with a Scottish Government plan to sponsor visas for social care workers at an estimated cost of £600,000.