Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 42
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Accepted in Part
Reaffirm Government commitment to GP partnership model and detail support for its future.
Recommendation
In response to this Report the Government should reaffirm its commitment to maintaining the GP partnership model and explain how it will take forward our recommendations to better support the partnership model, alongside ongoing work to enable other models of primary care provision. (Paragraph 135) The future of general practice 45
Government Response Summary
The government partially accepts the recommendation, reaffirming no policy to abolish the GP partnership model and highlighting existing investments to support general practice, while also expressing a desire to support a range of primary care provision models.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
Partially accept. The Department partially accepts this recommendation. The Government confirms there is currently no policy to abolish the partnership model, which is the majority model for general practice delivery and works well in many places. We have already invested in growing general practice through the 2019 Five Year Framework contract, the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme, New to Partnership Payments, and an associated rise in funding. We have responded to the committee’s specific recommendations on GP premises and ability to form limited liability partnerships below. We note the reference to other models of primary care provision, and agree that different localities have varying needs and challenges to address. In response to these, practices can and do choose to organise themselves in different ways to deliver services and we wish to support a range of models of primary care provision, including the partnership model. Commissioners can also choose to commission these providers in different ways to meet the specific needs of their populations.