Priorities for general practice: Workforce wellbeing, patient access, service integration and improvement, and recovery from the pandemic

This Westminster conference will examine policy and funding priorities for general practice.

The agenda also looks at wider issues around GP wellbeing, patient access, service integration, and service recovery in the wake of disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Stakeholders and policymakers will discuss progress, issues and next steps for ambitions to increase capacity within general practice for urgent same-day care, tackle areas of inefficiency, and improve transparency and accountability - in the context of the NHS Long Term Plan and the Winter Access Fund.

Overall, the agenda will bring out latest thinking on priorities and key issues moving forward, including:

• integration - implementing reforms within the Health and Care Bill and the role of primary care
• workforce - recruitment and retention, the role of locum and other support staff, supporting mental health and wellbeing, and tackling burnout
• primary care networks - progress in development and their role in improving local health outcomes
• innovation and infrastructure - taking forward innovation from the pandemic and how the estate can support innovative working, tackle inefficiencies, and improve patient access going forward
• personalised care - opportunities and challenges, the role of community services, and ways to improve the delivery of patient-centred care.

The conference will be an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who are due to attend fromthe DHSC; CQC; the OHID; National Audit Office; and DWP.

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