BP Newspaper Issue 8 v5 1-31 (lores) Aug. 2015 | Page 3

NEW DEAL
FOR GENERAL
PRACTICE:

Hear Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt
speak at Best Practice

A ‘NEW DAWN’
OR A ‘SET OF OLD
REPACKAGED IDEAS’?

Will GPs get a new deal or a
raw deal from the package of
measures announced by Health
Secretary Jeremy Hunt for
general practice?
This is one of the burning issues high on the agenda
of this year’s Best Practice event as the primary care
community digests the Mr Hunt’s pledge to put the
“inspiration and magic” back into GPs’ working lives.
Mr Hunt’s “new deal” includes: a £10m pledge for
a turnaround programme to prevent practices
closing; proposals to increase the primary care
workforce by 10,000 staff - practice nurses, district
nurses, physician associates, pharmacists and
5,000 GPs; golden hellos to attract GPs to areas of
greatest need and a national marketing campaign
to promote general practice.
There is also a £1 billion Primary Care Infrastructure
Fund announced last year and a review of the way
performance metrics are collated and published.
In return for the additional investment in general
practice the Health Secretary has asked GPs to work
with him to improve access to routine appointments,
with a seven day service commitment.
He has asked that social prescribing becomes a
normal part of GPs’ work, that GPs play an even
bigger role in public health and that general practice
takes “real clinical responsibility” so that patients
know “where the buck stops for their NHS care”.

1000 TRAINING BURSARIES
ALREADY CLAIMED!
www.bestpracticeshow.co.uk

Just 1500 training bursaries now left!
Claim your complimentary passes now at
www.bestpracticeshow.co.uk
Join the conversation

@bestpracticeshow

3