To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a measure for general practice and primary care comparable to that of the mental health investment standard.
Answered on
10 January 2025
Primary care providers, including general practices (GPs), are valued independent contractors who provide almost £20 billion worth of services in the National Health Service. Every year, we consult with each sector both about what services they provide, and the money providers are entitled to in return under their contract.
We have started consulting with the General Practitioners Committee in England of the British Medical Association on the 2025/26 GP contract and will consider a range of proposed policy changes. These will be announced in the usual way following the close of the consultation in 2025.
We have announced a proposed £889 million uplift for GP in 2025/26 and set out the proposed areas of reform which will help us to deliver on our manifesto commitments. This is the largest uplift to GP funding since the beginning of the five-year framework and means we are reversing the recent trend with a rising share of total NHS resources going to general practice.