Sajid Javid to set out ‘plan for change’ for primary care

Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid will be setting out a ‘plan for change’ for primary care, as the current model is ‘not working’, he announced today.
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‘That won’t be a surprise to you. You know, and I think patients know, and everyone working in primary care. We need a plan for change. We’re starting with pharmacy, but I will be setting out my plan shortly.’
He added that the first priority would be pharmacy, with plans to be set out ‘shortly’.
Speaking earlier today at the same conference, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard also expressed that ‘the current model of general practice isn’t working as well as it should’.
She said: ‘GPs and the rapidly growing team of other primary care professionals provide treatments and advice and support to more than a million patients every day.
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‘But it’s clear, isn’t it? That the current model of general practice isn’t working as well as it should.’
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A version of this article was originally published on Pulse.

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