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The King’s Fund have today (5th May) published their report “Understanding Pressures in General Practice”. In a bonus episode of his popular podcast, Ben Gowland speaks to Beccy Baird, a Fellow in Health Policy and one of the authors of the report. What does the report tell us about the current state of General Practice – and will anyone listen?
Show Notes
The report is aimed at policy makers and aims to illuminate the current picture of General Practice (36secs)
The report is seeking to generate positive change (1mins 11secs)
Do the movers and shakers believe that the crisis exists? (1mins 36secs)
The report shows that activity has gone up more than was previously believed (2mins 02secs)
How do we explain the rise in activity? (2mins 47secs)
Should the amount of money GPs receive go up accordingly? (3mins 19secs)
Isn’t it all about funding? (3mins 39secs)
Is the new money announced in the GP Forward View sufficient? (4mins 18secs)
There has been a growth in the GP workforce – but not enough (4mins 59secs)
Solving the current recruitment crisis (5mins 45secs)
The impact of part-time working (6mins 37secs)
Part-time working to cope with the pressure (7mins 23secs)
What should we do about the crisis? (8mins 14secs)
Is working at greater scale the way forward? (9mins 06secs)
Is integration the way forward? (10mins 13secs)
Isn’t the lack of time for GPs the big barrier to change? (11mins 14secs)
Should CCGs be seconding their GP leaders into the development of General Practice? (12mins 14secs)
Does the GP Forward View solve the problems? (13mins 04secs)
What should an “average” Practice be doing now? (14mins 01secs)
What should Jeremy Hunt do now? (14mins 54secs)
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