Negotiations between the General Practitioners’ Committee (GPC) and the Government have resulted in a one per cent pay uplift for GP practices and a 3.2 per cent total funding uplift, of which 2.2 per cent is to meet the rising expenses facing practices. Continue reading
Following the announcement by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt last week that the Government will impose the new contract on junior doctors, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned that its efforts to recruit thousands of additional doctors into the NHS will “undoubtedly” be impaired. Continue reading
Health Education England (HEE) has announced that trainee GPs who accept a placement in the most severely under-recruited areas in England will be given a ‘golden hello’ of £20,000 at the start of the training placements. Continue reading
GPs have branded a scheme aimed at bringing in physician associates (PAs) to help practices as “gimmicky” and unlikely to meet its target, as so far only 35 out of a hoped-for 200 have actually been recruited. Continue reading
The General Practitioners’ Committee (GPC) and NHS England are discussing giving ‘atypical’ practices, such as those in rural or deprived areas, their own contracts to combat the withdrawal of the minimum practice income guarantee (MPIG). Continue reading
Following a nationwide review, NHS England has changed its position and agreed that all GP practices that have met the minimum standards for avoiding unplanned admissions DES (Direct Enhanced Service) will receive payments that had originally been withheld. Continue reading
According to Health Education England (HEE), the organisation will achieve its ‘worst case scenario’ for GP recruitment by 2020, which will exceed the Government’s target of 5,000 extra doctors by more than 300.
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.