Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

VIDEO: New methods being used to entice GPs to north-east

A north-east medical surgery is using a video to promote the local area and help recruit more doctors to work at the practice.

Macduff Medical Practice is trying to encourage GPs to take up a new post in the town.

The seven minute video, which features the staff as well as a tour of the coastal community, was commissioned by the practice and shared online.

Dr Iain Brooker said: “This is a great place to work and we are appealing to all sections of the community to share our video widely through social media in order to reach as many people across the UK as possible.

“We don’t want to recruit just any doctor. We want to reach the best doctors we can find to be the family doctors for their area – now, and in the future.

“We believe there will be good doctors somewhere who would like a change.

“The north-east of Scotland could be the change they need.  They just don’t know about Macduff Medical Practice yet.”

The practice successfully recruited a GP last year but is now searching for another doctor.

Councillor Mark Findlater said: “I think it’s very good that Macduff Medical Practice is doing this innovative way of filling GP vacancies they have.

“In Banff and Buchan we are due to lose more GPs due to retirement and we already have a GP shortage.

“Using these innovative methods is what we have to do.

“Our area is a wonderful place to live and work in and this video is a great way to attract professionals into the area.”

If the recruitment video proves to be a success, candidates will also be advised of other vacancies at neighbouring practices to help ease the north-east GP shortage.