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24th November 2019

Clinical Directors need support to make PCN's work

LMC's demand increased flexibility to help PCN's


LMC's have demanded increased flexibility around additional roles recruitment in PCN's, while voting to give clinical directors more protection to avoid excessive workloads. GP's at the 2019 England LMCs conference in London warned that current rules in the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) were holding back recruitment, and backed a motion calling for PCN's to be able to retain funding if they failed to recruit. In September, NHS England (NHSE) had suggested that PCN's who fail to spend their share of funding were likely to see the money diverted elsewhere.

LMC's agreed unanimously that PCN's should be allowed to recruit to alternative roles, as they saw fit, to help improve local healthcare.

GP Workload - GP's also expressed concern over workload for PCN clinical directors - calling for GPs in these roles to have the support they need to push back on unfair demands, including pressure to performance manage local practices. To read more about this story please click on this link below:

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