Major changes planned to boost support for communities across the country and tackle health inequalities
Communities – including more deprived and coastal areas – expected to benefit from a fairer distribution of GP funding
Comes as online GP appointment booking requests are now available in move to end the 8am scramble
Communities across the country – including those in more deprived areas and coastal towns – are expected to benefit from a fairer distribution of GP funding as the government launches a review to tackle healthcare inequalities across the NHS today (Thursday 9 October).
The current formula for distributing GP funding – known as the Carr-Hill formula – is based on data that is around 25 years old in some cases. The formula uses expected workload of GP practices to determi