The 'crisis' affecting West Kilbride GP surgery was raised as a debate at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.
At the parliament chamber, Conservative list MSP Jamie Greene said: "The surgery is now under the control of the local health board and is being manned by locums. Since April, it has been operating with an on-the-day appointments system. In West Kilbride, adequate locum coverage is available until the end of November, but there are gaps in the December rota and, to date, no detail has been provided as to what will happen next year or, indeed, beyond."
Responding, Cunninghame North MSP Kenneth Gibson said: "I am concerned about the way in which the Tories have repeated the same factually incorrect mantra about the future of West Kilbride medical practice. To this day, we hear that the practice may stay open only until Christmas. That is simply not true, although undoubtedly the practice has been through a tough year with GP retirements and resignations. The £250 million incremental investment in primary care from the SNP Government, which enables investment in multidisciplinary teams around practices. With three doctors on most days, sometimes two and, today, four, the West Kilbride surgery is now better staffed than it has been for a long time."