Gp Services: Nhs Budget and Practitioners Rcgp

gp services: The Royal College of General Practitioners RCGP is warning that waiting times for consultations will lengthen and the care patients receive will suffer unless NHS England agrees the cash boost, according to The Guardian. Under current plans, GP services are due to receive 12bn of the NHS budget by 2020-21. Leaders of the profession want NHS bosses to plough some of the extra 20bn health funding pledged by Theresa May into improving the services offered by England's 7,150 GP practices. But the RCGP believes that should be revised to 14.5bn. In his first speech last month as the health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock identified improving the NHS workforce and redoubling efforts to prevent illness as key priorities. England's most senior GP quits over anonymous online posts Read more The money is needed to help with the growing demand to see a GP, a rise in long-term illnesses such as diabetes, and a growing shortage of family doctors, the college said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.