A GP has given up her full-time job to create sustainable medical bags after becoming disillusioned with the NHS.
Dr Catherine Fernando, 44, worked as a GP in East Lothian for 14 years before resigning and setting up her own business, Iyasu, which produces vegan medical bags for female healthcare workers.
Increasing numbers of GPs in Scotland have been leaving the profession for other opportunities in recent years due to a “vicious cycle” of increased workload and burnout, according to Dr Andrew Buist, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Scottish GP committee.
Each of the Iyasu bags is named after a female doctor who made a significant contribution to medicine. The Patricia, above, is named for Dr Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist who lived from 1942 to 2019
BMA Scotland warned the government earlier this year that its target of hiring 800 new GPs by 2027 was “desperately behind schedule”
