Dr Riaz Jetha, GP Organisational and Leadership Development Consultant with Health Integration Partners, joins Ben on this week’s podcast to dissect and discuss the updates to the current GP contract agreement. Listen here for their analysis and interpretation of some of the key amendments and what they mean for primary care and primary care networks on a wider scale.

Introductions (9 seconds)

First impressions (57 secs)

PCN focus (1 min 29 secs)

Changes to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (1 min 50 secs)

Removal of employment liability within the roles reimbursement scheme (3 mins)

Which roles will have the most influence? (3 mins 21 secs)

Structuring new roles according to local need (4 mins 48 secs)

Support for PCNs in forming their structures and the funding timetable (5 mins 53 secs)

The impact of the draft service specification updates (7 mins 30 secs)

Changes in the ability to earn (8 mins 40 secs)

Renewing the burden + wider reaction to the service spec changes (9 mins 51 secs)

The Impact & Investment Fund (13 mins 12 secs)

Is the impact and investment funding more lucrative? Could this be a benchmark for the future? (14 mins 46 secs)

Breaking down the investment payments; cost per patient? (16 mins 9 secs)

Changes to imms and vaccs / QOF (16 mins 55 secs)

Increasing GP numbers (17 mins 55 secs)

Access improvement (19 mins 40 secs)

The Time to Care Programme and maintaining positive initiatives (20 mins 39 secs)

Current status of the contract update & draft service specification and Riaz’s final thoughts (21 mins 12 secs)

 

Riaz is contactable at: [email protected]