General practice should be at the heart of every community – keeping patients safe and providing strong foundations for the rest of the NHS.
Decades of neglect has broken the entire system, but by working together we can fix the crisis.
We must find ways to ensure we have enough family doctors to treat our patients. We need make the profession an attractive proposition again, to stop GPs from leaving the profession and to keep practices open.
General practice should be at the very centre of the 10 Year Health Plan, with a commitment to return investment in GP to 15% of the NHS budget by the end of the Parliament.
GPs are already innovating and doing more with less. They can provide insights into the ways they are already moving care from hospitals to communities, making better use of technology and focussing on preventing sickness.
A strong general practice keeps people healthy and gives them the care they need in their community.
That’s why we need to work together, deliver for patients and Rebuild General Practice.
We are a group of GPs calling for a proper, long-term plan to Rebuild General Practice.
We are asking the Government, patients and our colleagues across the NHS to join us in building a long-term patient centred vision for general practice.
We are calling for:
A plan to retain the GP workforce;
Fair funding as part of the wider NHS;
Greater freedom and autonomy to do our jobs.