He further highlighted that the Scottish Government has "allocated every penny of the £360 million investment committed to recruit those teams over four years, and we are delivering a further £170 million investment as part of the 2022-23 budget to continue the expansion of those important MDTs".Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Official Report 29 March 2022, COL2
The Cabinet Secretary highlighted feedback from GPs that the GP Contract, and the work it is doing around MDTs in particular, will make general practice a more attractive work proposition for those considering becoming a GP.Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Official Report 29 March 2022, COL6
The Committee recognises the ambition behind the 2018 GP Contract in encouraging the creation of multi-disciplinary teams and the potential this offers to ease existing significant work pressures on GPs and to promote greater use of alternative pathways to primary care.