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04/08/2003
GPs have 'important role to play' in primary care
If Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are to deliver the government's objectives set out in the NHS Plan then local doctors need to play an important role in their work, according to a report published today.
The paper, jointly produced by the BMA's General Practitioners Committee, the NHS Alliance, National Association of Primary Care, and the Royal College of GPs, says GPs are less involved in PCTs than in earlier organisations and many frontline staff have become disillusioned in their PCT roles.
The paper states: "It is imperative that clinicians in primary care are fully engaged and involved in PCTs as frontline doctors nurses and allied professionals have the best working knowledge of the needs of local communities."
Among other proposals, the report finds that PCTs should be "enabled to develop comprehensive three-year plans" that allow for financial balance even after three years, thereby aligning allocation and expenditure over a three-year cycle.
The paper also recommends that primary care prescribed budgets should be "realistic" to enable high-quality prescribing to occur.
Strategic Health Authorities should focus more on "supporting local innovation, development and planning" based on local health needs assessment rather than on securing acute sector financial balance, the paper concluded.
(GMcG)
The paper, jointly produced by the BMA's General Practitioners Committee, the NHS Alliance, National Association of Primary Care, and the Royal College of GPs, says GPs are less involved in PCTs than in earlier organisations and many frontline staff have become disillusioned in their PCT roles.
The paper states: "It is imperative that clinicians in primary care are fully engaged and involved in PCTs as frontline doctors nurses and allied professionals have the best working knowledge of the needs of local communities."
Among other proposals, the report finds that PCTs should be "enabled to develop comprehensive three-year plans" that allow for financial balance even after three years, thereby aligning allocation and expenditure over a three-year cycle.
The paper also recommends that primary care prescribed budgets should be "realistic" to enable high-quality prescribing to occur.
Strategic Health Authorities should focus more on "supporting local innovation, development and planning" based on local health needs assessment rather than on securing acute sector financial balance, the paper concluded.
(GMcG)
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