Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 12
12
Rejected
Paragraph: 58
Further steps needed to address general practice administrative workload.
Conclusion
NHS England should take further steps to address the administrative workload in general practice, including by introducing e-prescribing in hospitals and focusing on the primary-secondary care interface by encouraging ICSs to provide a reporting tool for GPs to report inappropriate workload transfer.
Government Response Summary
The government rejects the recommendation, stating it cannot establish requirements for a minimum fair share of administrative duties due to individual contractual arrangements between locums and practices.
Paragraph Reference:
58
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
Do not accept. The Department does not accept this recommendation as we are not able to establish requirements for a minimum fair share of administrative duties, as locums and practices enter into individual contractual arrangements. Neither DHSC nor NHS England are able to stipulate what these arrangements must look like – this is instead down to individual agreement between the locum and the practice. NHS England has established flexible locum staffing platforms in each Integrated Care System (ICS) over the last two years, supported by the recently re-procured digital suppliers framework. These virtual pools will allow for better visibility of locally available resource to optimise deployment and create a new offer and greater structure and consistency for local GPs wanting to work flexibly. Where ICSs use the supporting digital suppliers framework, they also provide greater transparency on spend for their respective platforms.