DAUK\u2019s GP committee has renewed its call for ARRS restrictions to be lifted on GPs.\r\n\r\nIt follows a speech by Health Secretary Wes Streeting to the NHS Confederation Expo conference in which he said GPs \u2018should be able to run local hospitals\u2019.\r\n\r\nMr Streeting said that the \u2018strongest acute trusts\u2019 should be able to provide primary care services in order to meet patients\u2019 needs \u2018in a more integrated and efficient way\u2019.\r\n\r\nDr Steve Taylor, GP spokesperson for the Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK), said GPs had a key role in the development of the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cAs Mr Streeting clearly highlighted, the link between health and social care is important, and removing barriers to innovation is key at national and local levels.\r\n\r\n\u201cGPs are in a unique position of being at the centre of patient care and links to other services.\r\n\r\n\u201cAs an example we would again ask that restrictions on ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) be lifted on GPs.\r\n\r\n\u201cCurrently it\u2019s only for GPs up to two years post-qualification. It seems this is an obvious top down issue that needs removing.\u201d\r\n\r\nMr Streeting said that one of the things he was most proud of since becoming health secretary was the \u2018work with GPs\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201c\u2018It\u2019s not just that we\u2019ve been able to deliver the biggest uplift in funding for years or the satisfaction of seeing a decision I took in my first weeks translate into more than 1,500 GPs employed on the frontline already as a result.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s actually the fact that we agreed a contract rather than imposing it, committed to further reform together, and it feels like we\u2019re building a real partnership with the profession.\u201d\r\n\r\nDr Taylor has questioned the accuracy of the figure of 1,500 GPs, most recently in DAUK’s response to the spending review<\/a>, saying thousands of GPs cannot find work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But he said DAUK\u2019s GP committee was grateful to Mr Streeting for highlighting the significant contribution of GPs in his speech.\r\n\r\nDr Taylor said: \u201cAlthough as he suggested there is a long way to go in terms of recruitment and retention of GPs in the workforce, there is a role for GPs to be involved in the development of the NHS in the next 10 years.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt is vital that collaboration between organisations continues, with those in positions of responsibility listening.\u201d\r\n\r\nSupport our work by becoming a member<\/a> or donating to our Go Fund Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DAUK\u2019s GP committee has renewed its call for ARRS restrictions to be lifted on GPs. It follows a speech by Health Secretary Wes Streeting to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[557,304,23,333,683],"class_list":["post-1393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-practice","tag-dauk-gp","tag-gp-committee","tag-gp-crisis","tag-health-secretary","tag-wes-streeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393","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=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n