Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that all general practice clinicians have access to training on the (a) risk factors and (b) symptoms of liver (i) disease and (ii) cancer.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
General practitioners (GP) are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge, including on liver disease and cancer, remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as that produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, to ensure that they can continue to provide high quality care to all patients.
All doctors registered in the United Kingdom are expected to meet the professional standards set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) Good Medical Practice. In 2012 the GMC introduced revalidation which supports doctors in regularly reflecting on how they can develop or improve their practice, which gives patients confidence that doctors are up to date with their practice, and promotes improved quality of care by driving improvements in clinical governance. The training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is set by the Royal College of General Practitioners and must meet the standards set by the GMC.
Feb. 15 2012
Source Page: Table showing Lancashire NHS hospital and community health services (i) non-medical staff by main staff group in each specified organisation and (ii) medical and dental staff by grade and selected organisation, for the years 2009 to 20111 and (iii) all general practitioners by selected organisation for the years 2009 and 2010. 3 p.Found: medical and dental staff by grade and selected organisation, for the years 2009 to 20111 and (iii) all general
Asked by: Mark Pritchard (Conservative - The Wrekin)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help patients see their preferred doctor at GP surgeries.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The Government recognises the importance of the relationship between patients and their general practitioners (GPs). However, in some cases patients may prefer to see another professional from the wider general practice workforce instead of a specific GP.
All patients must be assigned a named GP, and practices must endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests of patients to see a particular GP or other healthcare professional for an appointment. The 2023/24 GP Contract promotes the use of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Continuity of Care toolkit via the Quality and Outcomes Framework Quality Improvement module.
We are building a diverse workforce of professionals in general practice teams who play an important role in providing and enabling continuity of care for patients.
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1: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) medical practitioners (GPs) in England, after taking account of resignations and additional recruits - Speech Link
2: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) A recent survey by the Royal College of General Practitioners revealed that 57% of GPs are now saying - Speech Link
3: Lord Patel (XB - Life peer) My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the number of general practitioners required to - Speech Link
4: Lord Naseby (Con - Life peer) in the NHS, similar to the existing contract for men and women in the Armed Forces who are medical practitioners - Speech Link
Feb. 26 2010
Source Page: Tables showing BTEC First Diploma awards achieved by those with an academic age of 16 in the South West from 2003/04 to 2007/08, by constituency. 58 p.Found: (General)for IT Practitioners (ICT Systems Support)for IT Practitioners (Software Development)in Agriculturein
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase patient access to GP appointments.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, some patients are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. The plan has two central ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how their request will be managed.
We will achieve this by rolling out new digital tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for general practitioners (GPs) and build capacity to deliver more appointments by diversifying the workforce. We have also increased the number of doctors working in general practice and record numbers of GPs are in training.
We have now delivered on our commitment for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 364.1 million booked across the last 12 months.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to GPs.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, some patients are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. The plan has two central ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how their request will be managed.
We will achieve this by rolling out new digital tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for general practitioners (GPs) and build capacity to deliver more appointments by diversifying the workforce. We have also increased the number of doctors working in general practice and record numbers of GPs are in training.
We have now delivered on our commitment for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 364.1 million booked across the last 12 months.
Oct. 31 2024
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Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of Chiari malformation with NHS practitioners.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced guidance on the recognition and referral of suspected neurological conditions, which was last updated in October 2023. This guideline covers the initial assessment of symptoms and signs that might indicate a neurological condition, such as Chiari malformation. It helps non-specialist healthcare professionals to identify people who should be offered referral for specialist investigation.
The Royal College of General Practitioners has also produced an e-learning module on the recognition and referral of suspected neurological conditions, to raise awareness of these conditions and their associated symptoms amongst general practitioners.
At the national level, there are several initiatives supporting service improvement and better care for patients with neurological conditions such as Chiari malformation, including the Getting It Right First Time Programme for Neurology. NHS England has also established a Neurology Service Transformation Programme, a multi-year, clinically-led programme to develop a new model of integrated care for neurology services.
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