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The recently published GP Forward View appears to present practices with a number of opportunities. What does a practice need to do to access a share of the £2.4bn available? Ben Gowland discusses the various “pots” of money that are being released and urges practices to prepare well in advance.

Show Notes

The GP Forward View – opportunity or threat? (54 secs)

What does the extra money mean for practices? (1min 35secs)

Recurrent money that practices can access (2mins 39secs)

7 day working not compulsory (3mins 08secs)

Is capital money available? (4mins 06secs)

Relaxing the rules on accessing capital (4mins 36secs)

Availability of non-recurrent money (5mins 25secs)

Practices need to pursue the right “pot” of money (5mins 55secs)

Investing in GPs suffering from burn-out (6mins 25secs)

Money for workforce and recruitment (6mins 39secs)

Introducing 5000 non-GPs to the workforce (7mins 09secs)

Extending the scheme to support recruitment of pharmacists (7mins 30secs)

£45m to introduce on-line consultations (8mins 08secs)

£30m to support access (8mins 40secs)

Are costs likely to go down as a result of the Forward View? (8mins 52secs)

Reducing the costs of bureaucracy (9mins 28secs)

Changing the frequency of CQC inspections (10mins 08secs)

The decisions practices need to be making now (10mins 37secs)

Getting more information (12mins 04secs)

Ockham Healthcare has a blog on the finances relating to the Forward View and his can be accessed here.