The Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK) has given its response to today\u2019s spending review.\r\n\r\nChancellor Rachel Reeves announced that spending on the NHS will rise by 3% a year after inflation.\r\n\r\nShe said it was \u2018an extra \u00a329bn per year for the day-to-day\u2019 running of the health service.\r\n\r\nThe Chancellor said the Labour Government has recruited 1,700 more GPs, delivered 3.5 million more appointments, and cut waiting lists by more than 200,000.\r\n\r\nDr Steve Taylor, DAUK\u2019s GP spokesperson, said: \u201cWhile it\u2019s good to see funding allocated to the health of the nation, this is our money being allocated for our care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf that funding is inadequate then it should not be celebrated.\r\n\r\n\u201cFor example, the 1,700 new GPs the Chancellor mentioned are not full-time equivalent numbers.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s fewer than 1,000 FTE \u2013 and most of these are in non-substantive roles across a number of practices.\r\n\r\n\u201cThere are still thousands of GPs unable to find work. This will only increase in August with a new cohort.\r\n\r\n\u201cContext is key. The 3.5 million extra appointments is less than three days\u2019 work for GP practices.\r\n\r\n\u201cSocial care is not being funded and with thousands of patients stuck in hospitals awaiting care packages or placements, or people in need leading to health problems, this cannot be ignored.\r\n\r\n\u201cGenuine honesty is required from our political leaders. The spin implies all is well. It\u2019s far from it.\u201d\r\n\r\nPlease support our work by contributing to our crowd funder<\/a> or by becoming a member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK) has given its response to today\u2019s spending review. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that spending on the NHS will rise by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,59],"tags":[22,669,624,699],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dauk-news","category-general-practice","tag-dr-steve-taylor","tag-gp-funding","tag-nhs-funding","tag-spending-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}