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NHS and local authority leaders across England will roll out 'neighbourhood health service' programmes in dozens of areas from September, the government has said - as GP leaders voiced fears over 'profound changes to general practice'.
A major overhaul of the NHS app, including the introduction of a new 'My NHS GP' AI tool to provide patients who need non-urgent care with instant advice, will see it become 'a doctor in your pocket', the health and social care secretary has said.
Writing for GPonline, NHS England co-national medical director (primary care) Dr Claire Fuller says general practice is at the 'nexus' of government plans for the health service - but that reform is crucial and GPs must get on board.
Talking General Practice speaks to Lizzy Lloyd, chair of AISMA, the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants, and a partner at the accountancy firm Larking Gowen, about GP practice finance and NHS pensions.
Writing for GPonline, NHS England co-national medical director (primary care) Dr Claire Fuller says general practice is at the 'nexus' of government plans for the health service - but that reform is crucial and GPs must get on board.
New GP contracts will push practices to deliver services at scale, while millions more patients receive care outside hospital in 'neighbourhood health centres' housing GPs, social care staff, pharmacists and dentists under the government's 10-year health plan.
GP leaders have welcomed elements of the government's 10-year health plan, but highlighted a failure to focus on improvements to existing services and a lack of clarity over funding - while campaigners labelled the proposals 'the death knell for general practice as we know it'.
Government officials have taken the first step towards appointing private sector partners to develop new primary care premises - in a move that could underpin plans to deliver 'neighbourhood health centres in every community' as part of the forthcoming 10-year health plan.
General practice risks being sidelined unless the profession forms 'provider collaboratives' and positions itself to lead the shift to a neighbourhood NHS under the government's 10-year health plan, the BMA has warned.