Seven-day GP services not cost-effective, UK study suggests NHS chiefs set out plans to spend £500m on seven-day GP services and extended access schemes by 2020/21 as part of the GP Forward View published earlier this year.
But findings from research on an extended access scheme in Manchester shows that funding of £3.1m across 56 GP practices generated savings in hospital worth just £767,976.
The study, published in PLOS Medicine, compared GP and A&E attendances in 2014 at the 56 practices funded to extend their opening hours into evenings and weekends with 469 practices across the area that did not receive this funding. GP Online
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But findings from research on an extended access scheme in Manchester shows that funding of £3.1m across 56 GP practices generated savings in hospital worth just £767,976.
The study, published in PLOS Medicine, compared GP and A&E attendances in 2014 at the 56 practices funded to extend their opening hours into evenings and weekends with 469 practices across the area that did not receive this funding. GP Online
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