The Government has announced that GP practices will be allocated a 4 per cent funding boost every year until 2021 to cover the “changes in GP workload” and will update the formula used to allocate funding to individual practices.
NHS England has announced that it is investigating why GP practices around the country have been underpaid by thousands of pounds for the Avoiding Unplanned Admissions (AUA) Directed Enhanced Service (DES).
According to an industry body, out-of-hours GP providers are being targeted by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which is pursuing some for historic tax liabilities and questioning whether the doctors on their books should be classed as employees rather than self-employed.