First Minister John Swinney announced earlier this year that new walk-in GP clinics would be up and running to help improve care. Public Health Scotland stats showed 6,792 visits were recorded across the pilot walk-in centres between February and the end of June. The clinics aimed to provide as many as one million extra GP appointments in a bid to end the 8am rush for a GP. (Image: PA Wire)Angela Constance said with 10 clinics out of 30 set up within five months, the scheme was “just getting started”. “We have opened 10 of the originally planned 16 GP walk-in services in five months and will soon be announcing even more locations as the pilot expands.”