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£30m programme to ‘free up’ GP time
A new £30 million General Practice Development Programme, announced by NHS England, will offer practices training in finding ways to free up around 10 per cent of GPs’ time.
NHS England board papers state that the majority of practices ‘could expect to release about 10 per cent of GP time over the 9-12 month period’.
A list of ten ‘high impact actions' will also ‘help release capacity… enable self-care, introduce new technologies and make best use of the wider workforce, so freeing up GP time and improving access to services'. The actions are: active signposting; new consultation types; reduce DNAs; develop the team; productive work flows; personal productivity; partnership working; social prescribing; support self care; and develop QI expertise.
The development programme is set to be linked to other area of the GP Forward View, which includes investing £45 million in training reception and clerical staff to take work off GPs, and £45 million in promoting uptake of online consultation systems.
Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said: “We meant it when we said we would take concrete action to help relieve pressure on GP practices, and today’s funding is just the first instalment. Practices need support, now, and a few weeks on from the GP Forward View we’re getting on with practical action to do so.”
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