Funding boost for primary care

The BMA has described as ‘significant’ a raft of proposals designed to provide sustainable long-term support for general practice. In a report published today, NHS England sets out a series of measures aimed at tackling the mounting crisis of workforce, investment and workload facing GPs, with many of its recommendations based on calls previously made by the association. BMA GPs committee chair Chaand Nagpaul said the General Practice Forward View represented the most promising plan for general practice in more than a decade, crediting the support package to years of intense lobbying and hard work by the BMA. He said: ‘The General Practice Forward View represents a significant and comprehensive package of proposals to support general practice both in the immediate and longer term, the most that we have seen since 2004. ‘Many of the proposals have taken on board GPC’s specific recommendations in our Urgent Prescription for General Practice. ‘This includes our proposals for increased recurring investment, with over £2bn additional funding every year going into general practice, the introduction of a practice resilience programme, a commitment to address rising indemnity costs, the need for an expansion of the workforce, along with initiatives to encourage GP retention, and support to reduce unnecessary burdens on general practice. He added: ‘These are vital to ensuring GPs can deliver high quality patient care today and in the fut...
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