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GP commissioners receive £100m for extra winter services

By Andrew McNicoll | 17 Jan 2012
GP commissioners will receive up to £100 million in extra funding to curb the pressure on NHS hospitals this winter, the Government announced this week.
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Anonymous, Other healthcare professional,
18 Jan 2012
Dr Gordon, haven't you noticed - it's almost February. Stable doors and bolted anybody?
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Anonymous, PCT,
18 Jan 2012
The money is available due to 'good management of DH central budgets'. In other words it has been taken from somewhere else and given to CCGs to help shore up his political message.

As anon says above, good planning takes a bit of time to deliver and we are nearly there already. At best this is pure propaganda. Its disappointing that Dr Gordon can be so naive as to believe this twaddle.

PCT Finance Manager
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Anonymous, Manager,
18 Jan 2012
"It suggested clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) could use the funding to extend GP practice opening times, "

This is a bribe to keep you interested in commissioning, pure and simple.
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Peter Patel, Manager,
24 Jan 2012
Pure political publicity garbage. In Birmingham we did not see any funds being allocated to CCGs for extra winter opening hours. The decisions were made by PCT ~Cluster managers who claimed that they had consulted CCG leads - and there was no evidence of this. I am not that hopeful if we will see any of this £100 million coming to CCGs for extra opening. As in previous years by the time decision will be made on this funding we will be well into spring. Nationally we have a track record of poor winter planning and commissioning. Will this change when CCG take charge? I seriously hope so.

Dr Peter Patel
CEO - South Birmingham Indepedent Commissioners
Board Member - Trans-Walsall Independent CCG, United League CCG and Hull Independent CCG
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