Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the implementation of the General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016.

The General Practice Forward View was published by NHS England on 21 April 2016 and is a package of measures to stabilise and support general practice. It sets out that an extra £2.4 billion a year will be invested in general practice services by 2020/21.

At its Board meeting on 28 July 2016, NHS England set out progress to date on implementation, including on delivery of a new practice resilience programme to help struggling practices, and a new Indemnity Support Scheme to alleviate the immediate pressure of rising costs for general practitioners (GPs) from indemnity. Further details are available on NHS England’s website:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/item5-28-07-16.pdf

NHS England has established an external Oversight Group to oversee implementation of the General Practice Forward View. Its membership includes the British Medical Association (BMA), Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS Clinical Commissioners. The BMA has also established a reference group of local medical committees from across England to gain further input from GPs and make sure the changes set out in the General Practice Forward View are realised.