Debate contribution: GP Appointments: North Down
Debate contribution by Mr Robin Swann on .
- MLA
- Mr Robin Swann
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 21 May 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- GP Appointments: North Down
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4491710
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I thank the Member for her question. I will cover more than just North Down, if I may. At the start of questions for oral answer, I provided answers that were about the work that we have done on the GMS contract and being able to repurpose £5 million of that for the indemnity that GPs have accessed; for the move away from the QOF to the quality assurance and improvement framework (QAIF), which should free up more time; and for the further investment that I and, I think, all of us want in our multidisciplinary teams, which should see access to primary care move more quickly. It is about long-term investment, however, rather than a quick fix.
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