DAUK is encouraging patients to back its campaign to restore general practice to the heart of the NHS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK\u2019s GP co-lead, has recorded a New Year message emphasising the campaign \u2013 Your GP, here for you \u2013 is about partnership between doctors and patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your GP, here for you is calling for a new GP contract that puts patients at the centre of care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The campaign also highlights the mounting pressures on GPs. Dr Taylor said patients wanted to see GPs back in surgeries, delivering face-to-face care where appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasised that GPs themselves are patients, parents, sons and daughters who face the same access challenges as the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And he called on people to support the campaign by encouraging politicians to provide the funding and resources general practice urgently needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019d love to see is a combined effort to see general practice brought back into the centre of things,\u201d Dr Taylor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn order to pursue that, we need actually everyone working together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the Your GP, here for you campaign, DAUK has warned that current conditions threaten patient care and the viability of general practice long-term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new patient-centred GP contract is designed to strengthen continuity of care, expand accessible appointments, and rebuild general practice as the cornerstone of the NHS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The campaign\u2019s proposals are based on The future of general practice, the 2022 Health and Social Care Committee report produced with cross-party support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAUK is urging the Government to increase core GP funding by \u00a340 per patient per year, less than \u00a31 per week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will restore funding to the real-terms level of 2016. Dr Taylor said that general practice provides \u2018incredible value for money\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
General practice currently receives just 5.6% of the total NHS budget, despite delivering around 31 million appointments a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cPayments to GP practices average \u00a3169 per patient per year. That is for all the services GP practices provide and an average six to seven appointments per patient per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A&E gets \u00a3113 minimum per attendee, while out patients get \u00a3152 minimum for seeing a professional on first attendance. General practice is being short changed by NHS England,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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