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Dr Robert VarnamHead of General Practice DevelopmentNHS England
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Improving access
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Collaborative working Whole system approach Self-care Broader workforce Tech
Core requirements
Timing of appointments
• Commission weekday provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments to general practice services in evenings (after 6.30pm) – to provide an additional 1.5 hours
• Commission weekend provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on both Saturdays and Sundays to meet local population needs
• Provide robust evidence, based on utilisation rates, for the proposed disposition of services throughout the week.
Capacity • Commission a minimum additional 30 minutes consultation capacity per 1000 population per week,
rising to 45 minutes per 1000 population
Measurement • Ensure usage of a nationally commissioned new tool to be introduced during 20171/8 to automatically
measure appointment activity by all participating practices, both in-hours and in extended hours. This will enable improvements in matching capacity to times of great demand.
Advertising and ease of access
• Ensure services are advertised to patients, including notification on practice websites, notices in local urgent care services and publicity into the community , so that it is clear to patients how they can access these appointments and associated service;
• Ensure ease of access for patients including:• All practice receptionists able to direct patients to the service and offer appointments to extended
hours service on the same basis as appointments to non-extended hours services• Patients should be offered a choice of evening or weekend appointments on an equal footing to core
hours appointments.
Digital • Use of digital approaches to support new models of care in general practice
Inequalities • Issues of inequalities in patients’ experience of accessing general practice identified by local evidence and actions to resolve in place
Effective access to wider whole system
services
• Effective connection to other system services enabling patients to receive the right care the right professional including access from and to other primary care and general practice services such as urgent care.
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CCGs will:• receive funding per head of population (weighted) • need to commission services that meet national requirements• spend £3 per head non-recurrent on practice transformational support (commencing 17/18
and can take place over two years, £3 in 17/18 or 18/19 or split over the two years)• be required to secure services following appropriate procurement processes• need to submit one GPFV plan to NHS England on 23 December 2016
GP Access Fund schemes
(£6 / head)
GP Access Fund schemes
(£6 / head)
GP Access Fund schemes
(£6 / head)
GP Access Fund schemes
(£6 / head)
Transformation areas
(min £6 / head)
Transformation areas
(min £6 / head)
Transformation areas
(min £6 / head)
Remaining CCGs(£3.34 / head)
Remaining CCGs(min £6 / head)
16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20£3 / head
Transformational support
Timetable
London (£26m pan London)
London (£26m pan London)
London (min £6 / head)
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Northumberland, Tyne and WearPopulation: 1.49m (2.4%)
Morecambe Bay Population: 0.45m (0.6%)
Greater ManchesterPopulation: 2.96m (5.1%)
DudleyPopulation: 0.32m (0.5%)
Modality MCPPopulation: 0.07m (0.1%)
Wakefield MCP population: 0.07m (0.1%) expanded to CCG population: 0.36m (0.6%)
Mid NottinghamshirePopulation: 0.32m (0.6%)
Principia S NottinghamshirePopulation: 0.12m (0.2%)
NE Hants & FarnhamPopulation: 0.22m (0.4%)
Fareham & Gosport, South Eastern Hampshire CCGs MCP population: 0.12m (0.2%) expanded to CCG population: 0.48m (0.8%)
SomersetPACS population: 0.13m (0.2%) expanded to CCG: 0.56m (1.0%)
Canterbury and Coastal (Whitstable) MCP: 0.17m (0.3%) expanded to CCG : 0.22m (0.4%)
Isle of WightPopulation: 0.14m (0.2%)
Fylde Coast Population: 0.32m (0.5%)
Tower HamletsPopulation: 0.30m (0.5%)
Harrogate & Rural DistrictPopulation: 0.16m (0.3%)
ErewashPopulation: 0.1m (0.2%)
Durham, Darlington and Tees, Richmondshire and WhitbyPopulation: 1.38m (2.6%)
Additional geographies
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