General Practitioners: Indemnity Scheme Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Indemnity Scheme

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts
Monday 16th July 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait Lord O’Shaughnessy
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My noble friend makes an excellent point and I will certainly do so. There is an attempt not just to recruit many more GPs into service but to recruit them into hard-to-reach areas, such as rural areas, through a targeted recruitment campaign. I am sure that that is one of the areas that we will want to look at.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
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My Lords, is it intended that locums will be covered by the scheme?

Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait Lord O’Shaughnessy
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My understanding is that the scheme is for all providers of primary medical care services under GMS, PMS and APMS contracts.