Progress is being made on GP Forward View - but much more must be done urgently to support frontline GPs and patients
That is the verdict of the Royal College of GPs, nine months on from the launch of NHS England’s ‘lifeline’ for general practice.
In its interim assessment of the GP Forward View published today, the College says that on crucial issues such as practice resilience, local implementation has been far too slow.
The 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans – intended to shape the NHS at a local level – also come in for criticism for prioritising NHS hospital trusts over general practice, and in some cases even planning to reduce GP numbers. Royal College of General Practitioners
That is the verdict of the Royal College of GPs, nine months on from the launch of NHS England’s ‘lifeline’ for general practice.
In its interim assessment of the GP Forward View published today, the College says that on crucial issues such as practice resilience, local implementation has been far too slow.
The 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans – intended to shape the NHS at a local level – also come in for criticism for prioritising NHS hospital trusts over general practice, and in some cases even planning to reduce GP numbers. Royal College of General Practitioners
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