The GPC has warned practices to prepare for the biggest funding cuts in the history of the new GP contract, after admitting it can do little to stop the Government imposing sweeping changes.
Negotiators have asked economists to model the likely impact of the changes, and will hold roadshows and survey GPs early next year as they prepare to respond to the Department of Health’s formal consultation.
They are also set to resume meetings with the DH over the changes, but said their focus was now on ensuring the impact of any imposition was ‘as minimal as it can be’.
The DH began a 12-week consultation on its proposed deal last week, clearing the way for an imposition in April. In a 37-page letter, it set out in detail the raft of new QOF work that practices will be asked to take on, and outlined four new directed enhanced services that will be funded by a 10% reduction in the size of the QOF.
Last month, Dr Buckman told LMC secretaries at their annual conference that a boycott of commissioning in protest at the contract changes ‘wouldn’t work’ because too many GPs were already involved in commissioning.
Dr Ivan Camphor, Mid-Mersey LMC secretary, said some LMC secretaries had unofficially discussed calling an emergency LMCs conference, although no plans had yet been formulated.
He said: ‘Everyone is fed up with doing more for less. We are working from 7.30 in the morning to eight or nine in the evening. There is a huge amount of unrest, anger and frustration and it is not going to go away.’
Dr Rob Barnett, chair of Liverpool LMC, said: ‘If you want to destroy general practices, this is the way to do it. It is not workable.’
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5 comments:
Hate to say it but this just isn't good news for the patients let alone the GP's. Our wonderful NHS is slowly but surely being destroyed bit by bit. When will people wake up to the fact. Quite what we can do about it is another matter, power to the people maybe petitions and letters could help?
Anne
Thought Lansley was bad enough but Hunt is no better.This government will not be satisfied until the NHS is no more.
The NHS is finished. Time to become meds free and independent, lowcarb makes even more sense.
Eddie
Have you looked at the 38Degrees site? people are awake to this. Members of the public,doctors, nurses and other HCP's are petitioning, campaigning,and marching to try to stop this.
But there is nothing anyone can do to force the government to stop this destruction of the NHS
Have you looked at the 38Degrees site? people are awake to this. Members of the public,doctors, nurses and other HCP's are petitioning, campaigning,and marching to try to stop this.
But there is nothing anyone can do to force the government to stop this destruction of the NHS
Thanks for your comment, I agree this government has all but destroyed the NHS and no amount of protest will stop them finishing it off.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/
Graham
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