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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Friday, 5 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 January 2024. It was answered by Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) on Monday, 15 January 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


General Practitioners

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the workload of GPs.

Answer

The Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published by NHS England in May 2023, set out actions on how bureaucracy and workload can be cut by improving the interface between primary and secondary care, cutting unnecessary burdens on general practitioners (GPs) through the Bureaucracy Busting Concordat, published in August 2022, and streamlining the Investment and Impact Fund from 36 to five indicators from 2023/24.

In response to feedback from the profession to make incentive schemes more streamlined and focused, the Department has launched a public consultation on incentive schemes in general practice.

The expanded primary care teams funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme add extra clinical capacity, helping to reduce the burden on GPs.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7743
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
General practitioners
Link
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