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As a practising GP, I can say that access to records is shocking. It is not good enough to say that you are going to create a new system and that GPs might be able to access that, because I already log into three different systems and it takes forever to search for things. How will the new system that you are creating be linked to the records that already exist for GPs?

Forgive me, but you are not just a patient; you are the minister in charge. It is very important to have a safety mechanism to ensure that that occurs. In relation to GPs’ ability to co-ordinate patient care, when we have a scenario in which a GP would refer someone to a service, which would then refer the person to NHS GG&C, and there are multiple players involved, it is impossible to keep track of where things are. Would a simplified method be better in such circumstances?

I have a final question. When I was training to be a GP at the Royal, Dr Ros Jamieson was one of the trainers in obstetrics and gynaecology. I understand that she is no longer within NHS GG&C. You certainly cannot comment on individual consultants but, in such a specialist clinic, which already seems to be a little under strain, what can we do to protect the service when consultants move and there is turnover of other staff?

Between the time that it took to come into force, with all the planning that went into it, and now, why have we not seen a clear pathway for women to get referred to the service? Why is there confusion?

David Torrance asked you about the website, and I believe that he said that it needs to be improved. I went into Google and I put in “NHS GGC complex mesh”. The hyperlink came up and it said, “It seems that we can’t find what you are looking for.”

Forgive me, minister, but are you saying that GDPR is an issue when it comes to referrals?

What is the Scottish Government’s position on credentialling?

Do you envisage credentialling moving into general practice?

Can you write to us with a response?

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Obviously, a key member is missing from the clinic; it has no urogynaecology specialist, which is causing a bit of angst among a lot of women who have written to me. There has been a lot of talk about issues of continence in women—and I just want to say very quickly that it is a real shame that women do not go to their GPs about such issues, as there is a lot that we can do. It is certainly not wasting my time for women to come and see me about those issues but, sadly, that is what a lot of them feel, I think. When do you envisage such a specialist being in place in the clinic?