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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 January 2015. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 31 December 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.


General Practitioners

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the withdrawal of Personal Medical Services payments on practices with a large number of deprived patients.

Answer

The Department has made no such analysis.

NHS England is in the process of reviewing Personal Medical Services (PMS) contracts to ensure fair funding for all general practices. Area teams will work with PMS practices to assess the impact of any reduction in payments on its registered patients.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3786
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Disadvantaged Finance General practitioners
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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