Practices will be required to introduce ‘named GPs’ for every patient, in the new GP contract for 2015/16.
NHS Employers announced that the new contract for GPs in England will require them to assign a ‘named, accountable GP’ for all patients – including children – who will take lead responsibility for the ‘co-ordination of all appropriate services required under the contract’.
GP practices in England were required in the 2014/15 GP contract to assign all patients aged 75 years or over a ‘named GP’ and ensure that they have access to ‘multidisciplinary care that meets the needs of the patient’.
This was a centrepiece of the health secretary’s so-called return of the ‘family doctor’ agenda for practices, although, in practice this has meant little change to existing arrangements for most patients.
Click here for more information on the new GP contract for 2015/16
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