BMA and NHS England announce agreement on five-year GP contract package The BMA’s GP committee has today reached a contract agreement with NHS England spanning the next five years, which introduces widespread changes aimed at addressing both the workforce and workload pressures currently experienced by GPs in England, and improving services for patients by beginning to realise ambitions laid out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. The contract gives practices almost £1bn across five years, while another £1.8bn will be invested to support the formation of Primary Care Networks, in which practices will work together to provide care to patients across a wider geographic area. View the Press Release here
Cheshire LMC is often asked to facilitate merger meetings at an early stage of practices plans, or to provide initial advice and explain the process involved. As a consequence we have produced this briefing which is full of information and advice around this subject which you might find useful. Download here NHSE Practice Merger Guide can be downloaded here