Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of phasing out the minimum income practice guarantee on the financial viability of GP surgeries in Yorkshire and the Humber after 2020.

When the phasing out of the minimum practice income guarantee was introduced by NHS England, the West Yorkshire Area Team wrote to all practices outlining the financial impact on their Annual Contract Value. Each practice was offered an opportunity to meet with NHS England colleagues, specifically if the practice envisaged financial difficulties.

Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups now have the delegated responsibility for Primary Medical Care Contracts and will have local discussions with regards to resilience. The General Practice Forward View supports resilience through a number of initiatives including, but not limited to, accessing the General Practice Resilience Fund. Further information is available at:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/accessing-support/