NHS: General Practitioners

Baroness Manzoor Excerpts

Wednesday 26th February 2014 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, the current Government have maintained funding for the National Health Service; that is contrary to the Labour Party manifesto of 2010, which promised to cut funding to the National Health Service.

[Baroness Manzoor (LD)]

My Lords, I am fortunate that I am registered with an excellent GP practice which is well run, accessible and innovative. Over the last 30 years, I have seen significant improvements, and not only in the range of services that the practice provides. Who is responsible for ensuring that GPs are learning from other GPs the excellent practices which are available across the country?

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, there is a variety of means to ensure that GPs have continuous professional development. It is partly up to Health Education England to see that that happens and that there is peer-to-peer learning and review. Clinical commissioning groups also have an interest in ensuring that the quality of service provided by every member practice is of an equally high standard.