Royal College of General Practitioners: General practice in the post covid world. Challenges and opportunities for general practice (7 July 2020)

Summary

This Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) report calls on the four governments of the UK to each produce a comprehensive plan to support GPs in managing the longer-term effects of COVID-19 in the community.

Content

RCGP says the plans should contain:

• costed proposals for additional funding for general practice
• solutions for how the current GP workforce capacity can manage new and pre-existing pressures
• commitments to continue the reduction in regulatory burdens and ‘red tape’, which has enabled GPs to spend more time on frontline patient care during the pandemic
• a systematic approach for identifying those patients who are likely to require primary care support; and proposals for how health inequalities will be minimised to ensure all patients have access to the necessary post-COVID-19 care.