Fundholding: a two tier system?
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Published on: June 12, 2016
1Tayside Centre for General Practice, Dundee.
Abstract:
The Calverton practice is one of 30 fundholding practices in Nottinghamshire. Three years after the inception of fundholding, it has achieved a lower outpatient waiting time for its specialist clinics than non-fundholding practices in the region. Its district nursing and health visiting services have been strengthened. Prescribing costs remain below the national average, and making further cost reductions has not been easy. The business plan has allowed the practice to work within a defined budget and develop expertise in the purchasing of services. Through the provision of specialist clinics and increased patient demand the workload of general practitioners has risen by 15% in the past year. But fundholding is still a minority activity in Nottinghamshire--a non-fundholders' group has been set up to ensure that purchasing of good quality secondary care is equitably distributed among all patients, and this group is extremely active.
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