Plan to modernise 1,000 GP practice buildings
Summary
The UK government will give £102 million to one-sixth of England’s GP offices to improve facilities starting this summer. This money will assist in making changes such as creating patient consulting rooms and constructing new buildings. This is the biggest investment of its kind in the past five years and comes at a time when patient satisfaction with GP services is at an all-time low.Key Facts
- The UK government plans to give £102 million to improve facilities in 16.7% of England's GP practices.
- The improvement works in these facilities are set to commence this summer.
- The investment marks the biggest in the last five years aimed at modernizing GP facilities.
- This announcement comes at a time when patient satisfaction with GP services in the UK is at an all-time low.
- Some improvements will include turning office spaces into clinical consulting rooms and constructing new facilities.
- Last month's British Social Attitudes survey indicates that merely 31% of UK people were satisfied with NHS GP services, compared to 68% in 2019.
- The Institute for Government reports patient satisfaction with GPs to have decreased significantly due to a lower number of in-person appointments since the pandemic.
- Last month, the government announced an expansion of a scheme to aid GPs in providing care without hospital admission, backed by £80m funding.
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