Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 17
17
Rejected
Paragraph: 63
Prevent locum bidding wars and ensure fair administrative duty allocation.
Conclusion
Urgent work needs to be done to stop a bidding war for the serrvices of locums and establish requirements for a minimum fair share of administrative duties.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejects the recommendation, arguing that a return to the personal list model is not the correct approach, and reiterates efforts to promote continuity of care through the named GP policy and the RCGP's Continuity of Care toolkit.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
63
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
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.
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