{"id":1240,"date":"2024-04-16T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/gp-crisis-call-for-more-general-practice-funding-as-study-shows-link-to-life-expectancy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:05:19","slug":"gp-crisis-call-for-more-general-practice-funding-as-study-shows-link-to-life-expectancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/gp-crisis-call-for-more-general-practice-funding-as-study-shows-link-to-life-expectancy\/","title":{"rendered":"GP crisis: Call for more general practice funding as study shows link to life expectancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK\u2019s Dr Steve Taylor has called for an increase in funding for general practice to help improve people\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Taylor, GP spokesperson for the Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK), was responding to a new study by academics from the University of Leicester which found that seeing the same GP could help people live longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living in areas of England with more fully qualified GPs and better funded surgeries all had a positive impact, the research found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Taylor told national radio listeners that GPs agreed with the findings, but that there were not enough to deliver the care patients deserve because of a retention crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dr-Steve-Taylor-v2-1024x865.jpg\" alt=\"Head and shoulders photo of Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK GP committee spokesperson\" class=\"wp-image-9494\" style=\"width:468px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DAUK&#8217;s GP spokesperson Dr Steve Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the Nick Ferrari programme on LBC, Dr Taylor said: \u201cThis study says basically what we all know, we would all benefit from seeing the same doctor and GPs totally agree with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRetention of GPs is a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFundamentally, it\u2019s down to some of the decision making at NHS England and funding arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s been a 20 per cent reduction in funding for GP practices, which means it\u2019s hard to employ and retain GPs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Taylor told LBC listeners that GPs receive around \u00a3165 per patient per year. The figures has risen by \u00a313 since 2015, representing a 20 per cent real terms reduction over the past nine years, while the numbers of patients they\u2019re seeing has risen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe average in the UK is 2,300 patients per GP,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was 1,800 in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGPs coming through training, there just isn\u2019t the funding to support the employment of many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSteveTaylor\/status\/1780156423466373149\">Posting on X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter, Dr Taylor added: \u201cNHS England need to fund GP practices so they can recruit and retain GPs, instead of funding cuts &amp; supporting only ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/news\/2024\/april\/gp-numbers\">Read more on the University of Leicester study<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAUK\u2019s Dr Steve Taylor has called for an increase in funding for general practice to help improve people\u2019s health. 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