A new report has revealed that almost half of GPs have turned down out-of-hours work as a result of the high costs of medical indemnity cover and that the majority of GPs feel that out-of-hours services are not a high enough priority for the NHS. Continue reading
GP practices could be funded to buy their own IT systems through the per patient capitation payment in 2018 instead of having to choose from an approved list of suppliers, as they do now. Continue reading
NHS England has announced that GPs will be allowed to replace the national Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) agreement with their own locally agreed deals without NHS England approval. Continue reading
Although NHS England promised to ‘stabilise core GP funding’ in its five-year plan, a leading official in the organisation has said that the ongoing funding withdrawals of minimum practice income guarantee (MPIG) and private medical services (PMS) funding will continue. Continue reading
According to a report published last week by the NHS Alliance, the Government should increase primary care funding to 10 per cent of the total NHS budget from the estimated 7.5 per cent share it currently has. Continue reading
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) could take responsibility for the majority of GP funding from April next year under proposals put forward by NHS England. Continue reading
According to the terms of the new GP contract, funding to cover maternity leave will be guaranteed for all GP practices so that any practice that needs cover for a GP partner for maternity, paternity or adoption leave will receive full funding from NHS England. Continue reading
A petition launched earlier this year by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has gained 300,000 signatures and was handed in to Downing Street last week. Continue reading
According to the Social Health and Social Care Information Centre, contractor GP’s income fell for the seventh successive year during the last tax year, falling to £102,000 in 2012/13 before tax from its peak of £110,000 in 2005/06. Continue reading
GPs in Yorkshire and Humber are to be offered overseas placement sabbaticals and funding to do their MBAs as part of a plan by a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to alleviate the recruitment crisis in the profession locally. Continue reading