NHS Scotland GP Coaching Service

26/05/2026 -

What is it?

The GP Coaching service offers a safe and confidential space to support those who may feel at a crossroads in their GP career or are experiencing difficulties with some of the challenges of GP practice.

The feedback shows that GPs felt that coaching had helped them to decide their way forward as a GP, and to deal with the issues important to them. GPs have rated coaching as particularly successful in supporting them to:

• Having time to think about new ways of doing the job
• Obtaining better work-life balance
• Reducing the impact of work on their health
• Feeling more in control of the work they do
• Feeling more resilient and able to cope
• Knowing what their strengths are and how to make the most of them

Who is it for?

This service is for qualified GPs who are currently in practice in Scotland.

By whom?

The coaches are all professionally qualified and experienced in coaching individuals from varied professions within the health service.

What is on offer?

The offer is funded by the Scottish Government for GPs working in Scotland.  The coaching service is confidential and has no association with any form of assessment or performance management.

 The service is managed by the Public Services Delivery (PSD) Scotland coaching service. The coaches are all professionally qualified and experienced in coaching individuals from variety of professions within the health service. 

GPs will be offered up to 7 hours of coaching to be taken by the end of the financial year.  Sessions can be arranged to suit the individual GP in terms of timing and will be delivered virtually.

GPs using this service will be asked to share some information about themselves for administration purposes and to contribute to the evaluation of the service.  All personally identifiable information will be held in strict confidence by the PSD Scotland coaching team and will not be shared with any other parties.  The content of coaching sessions will remain strictly confidential between the individual GP and their coach. 

How to apply?

If you think that coaching might be something you would like to explore, please click the button below.

Applications are now invited for GP Coaching Service with waves of matching activity occurring over Summer and Autumn months.  Please see the flyer for further details.

For any queries, please contact the GP Coaching Team by clicking the button below.