{"id":1307,"date":"2024-07-09T10:23:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-hopeful-general-practice-is-a-government-priority-as-wes-streeting-pledges-to-fix-nhs-front-door\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:23:37","slug":"dauk-hopeful-general-practice-is-a-government-priority-as-wes-streeting-pledges-to-fix-nhs-front-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-hopeful-general-practice-is-a-government-priority-as-wes-streeting-pledges-to-fix-nhs-front-door\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK hopeful general practice is a government priority as Wes Streeting pledges to ‘fix NHS front door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK) says extra money for general practice promised by the new health secretary needs to go to funding GPs and practice nurses to improve access for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK\u2019s GP spokesperson, welcomed Wes Streeting\u2019s comments that he intended to \u2018fix the front door to the NHS\u2019 with billions of pounds of investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he added a note of caution as he said the details of the announcement would be \u2018extremely important\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Mr Streeting\u2019s first major policy announcement as health secretary as he attended a GP surgery in North London on his first NHS visit since being appointed to the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes just a day after our GP Committee wrote to Mr Streeting<\/a> warning him that \u2018funding and not wholesale reform\u2019 was needed to address the crisis in general practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Taylor said: \u201cIt\u2019s extremely hopeful that general practice is being recognised at the top of government after years of neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are happy to see Wes Streeting state the need for extra funding so clearly, while we also recognise that the details are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General practice funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny extra funding needs to go to core general practice for funding GPs and practice nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAUK set out our vision to relieve pressure on general practice in our election manifesto<\/a>, with a call to invest \u00a33 per month per head of population to return to real terms funding last seen in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently GPs have 1.3m daily patient contacts, the largest of any part of the NHS, including hospital outpatient appointments (250,000), and A&E contacts (67,000), and yet receive just 5.6 per cent of the NHS budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Taylor added: \u201cNHS England has spent a lot of money and resources on anything other than GP practices, so the details will be extremely important if patients are going to get better access to GPs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Streeting was joined by NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard on his visit to Abbey Medical Centre in St John’s Wood, London, where they met with and listened to staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his visit, Mr Streeting said: \u201cPatients are finding it harder than ever to see a GP. Patients can\u2019t get through the front door of the NHS, so they aren\u2019t getting the timely care they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s no surprise, when GPs and primary care have been receiving a smaller proportion of NHS resources. I\u2019m committed to reversing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighbourhood health service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy first visit as health secretary was to a GP practice because when we said we want to shift the focus of the NHS out of hospitals and into the community, we meant it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m determined to make the NHS more of a neighbourhood health service, with more care available closer to people\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because if patients can\u2019t get a GP appointment, then they end up in A&E, which is worse for them, and more expensive for the taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are committed to bringing back the family doctor, so patients can see the same doctor each appointment, fixing the front door to the NHS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become a member of DAUK and support our work.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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