Health Services
(asked on 1st July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to increase capacity in general practice and primary care.
This question was answered on 7th July 2015
On 19 June, the Secretary of State set out the first stages of a New Deal for General Practice, including:
‒ an estimated 5,000 more doctors working in general practice by 2020;
‒ investing £1 billion over four years in infrastructure and £150 million through the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund; and
‒ reducing bureaucracy to release capacity.