Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Deferred
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NHS staff should not be forced into locum work or inter-practice competition.
Conclusion
As we said in our recent Report on the NHS workforce, no NHS employee should be forced to choose to locum or work for an agency to regain control over their working The future of general practice 41 life. This is equally true in NHS general practice. As well as this, GP practices should not be forced to outcompete each other to be able to ensure adequate staffing cover to provide care for their patients.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, stating they will introduce methods to promote continuity of care and consider how best to measure it, but will not commit to a specific measure by 2024, which is unrelated to the committee's recommendation on locum work and staff competition.
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 24 July 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗