Article in Labour List by Dr Coral Jones, Chair of Doctors in Unite
Dr Jones sets out the case for a salaried GP option as an important part of revitalising GP services. Full article here: https://labourlist.org/2023/06/nhs-health-plans-labour-gps-wes-streeting-reform/
“In 2022, Doctors in Unite published Primary Care and Public Health: A Vision for Revitalising General Practice. This radical document calls for a greater integration of primary care and public health to address the causes of ill health and health inequalities.
Central to this vision is the provision of a NHS salaried GP career pathway. This would allow GPs to become direct NHS employees with a contract that provides for professional autonomy, high professional standards and terms of service equivalent to other medical colleagues employed by the NHS such as hospital consultants and public health specialists.
Doctors in Unite do not call for the nationalisation of independent contractor GPs, but instead calls on the BMA and RCGP to support its campaign of a quality, public service, salaried GP career option.”
Full article here: https://labourlist.org/2023/06/nhs-health-plans-labour-gps-wes-streeting-reform/
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