Patients Association responds to GP payments for commissioning work

Patients Association responds to GP payments for commissioning work:
Katherine Murphy, Chief Executive of the Patients Association said,

“From the very start of the NHS reforms the Patients Association has been saying that we were concerned that NHS money would end up in GPs’ pockets. Now it is becoming clear that that is exactly what is going to happen. It is outrageous that so much money is to be spent on sending GPs to meetings on top of their salaries for being a doctor. This money could be more effectively spent on patient care. With parts of the NHS facing deepening financial problems we cannot afford for money to frittered away like this. The Department of Health needs to return GPs to their most important role – the care and treatment of patients – instead of wasting vast sums on a reform programme that nobody agrees with.”