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Ben’s special guest this week is Dr Nikki Kanani, one of the chief architects of the new GP contract. Nikki is a GP in south-east London and is currently Director of Primary Care for NHS England. This is the first of two discussions with Nikki and in this part, she explains the role of primary care networks in general practice and looks in detail at the funding behind the new contract. She explains how the money will be delivered and what it will be made available for including 20,000 new staff, support for clinical leadership and investment in innovation. The second part of the discussion will be published next week.
Show Notes
Are primary care networks the “game changer” in the new contract? (1:19)
Networks and the role of the individual practice (2:27)
Why were networks established? (3:14)
The resources being made available for general practice (4:16)
Almost £1bn in the core contract by 2023/24 plus £1.8bn for networks (4:55)
State-backed indemnity scheme (5:30)
Funding for IT (6:08)
QOFF (6:27)
The network element of the funding (6:46)
Funding for 20,000 more staff (7:14)
Do the staff exist to be recruited? (8:50)
The network funding – what else will it buy? (10:00)
Detail of the funding – staffing, admin and support, GP clinical leadership, improving access, the investment and impact fund, money for development (10:38)
How hard was it to get this deal agreed? Common aspirations with less direction and guidance (15:02)
What to do now – grasp the opportunity (17:20)
Part Two will be published on Monday 4th March 2019.
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