The House of Comons Health Select Committee is inviting written submissions on the challenges affecting primary care services in England.
The House of Comons Health Select Committee is inviting written submissions on the challenges affecting primary care services in England.
The Committee's aim is to consider whether the Department of Health and its arm's length bodies have the plans and policies in place now to ensure that high quality care is consistently available to patients at the point of need.
The Committee will be considering issues such as:
- The quality and standards of care for patients.
- Demand and access (including out-of-hours access and proposals for seven-day access).
- Funding (including local and national distribution of resourcing).
- Commissioning.
- Future models of care as piloted by the Five Year Forward View vanguards.
- Workforce: current and future challenges (including recruitment, retention, training, skill mix, contractual models, workload and pay).
Submissions of no more than 3000 words are invited from anyone with an interest in the problems and opportunities facing primary care by 3 September 2015.
The Committee expects to hear oral evidence in October and November.