GP contract reforms around out of hours care

Primary Care and the modern family doctor
DH 23 May 2013

• "We need to return to the idea of the family doctor in a modern context, if we are to improve care and ease the pressure on A&E departments" - Transcript of Jeremy Hunt’s speech given at King's Fund, London. 
• Pulse reaction:
• The GP contract is set to be rewritten as part of reforms to out-of-hours care which will see general practice handed back responsibility for the care of patients around the clock.
• The Department of Health is responsible for out-of-hours care, not GPs : Dr Margaret McCartney