brian balmer
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Comment on: GPs to earn £5.25 per swine-flu jab
The payment to GPs for the swine flu vaccination programme is to cover the costs of identifying at risk groups, call and recall of patients, and the administration and clinical time required to run the vaccination clinics. There will also be a framework for reporting uptake to PCTs. General practice, like any other business, requires additional funding for additional work to be performed effectively.
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Comment on: The BMA is standing between patients and a better service
I am amazed that the editor of the HSJ thinks that collecting data on every appointment in every surgery in England is a good use of PCT management time. His comments reflect an anti-BMA sentiment that is clearly seen in government actions but not reflected in PCTs. The current extended hours proposal from the DH is almost certainly inefficient ,and is probably unworkable as it has been designed by those with little experience of primary care. GPs will provide an extended hours service that meets patient needs but the political interference with which this has been cloaked does nothing to further this aim.
