12 Bucks GPs to receive share of £325,000 funding boost

It comes as part of a GP Capacity and Outcomes Fund.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust hope the fund - developed alongside the Buckinghamshire Primary Care Collaborative and the Local Medical Committee - will ease pressure on local doctors' surgeries and improve care for patients.

Coming as part of a wider neighbourhood in the county, it will see money moved directly from the hospital trust into GP practices, aiming bring more healthcare support into local communities, closer to where people live.

The first practices to benefit from a share of the £325,000 have been chosen because the way national GP funding is currently calculated leaves them under-resourced relative to the needs of the patients they serve.

Each practice will be able to decide how best to use the funding to suit their own patients, focusing on:

● Increasing capacity to handle increased workload

● Better support for people with long-term conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease

● More proactive care, helping to catch health problems earlier

The 12 GP practices participating in the first phase are Carrington House Surgery, Poplar Grove Practice, Berrycroft Community Health Centre, The Mandeville Practice, The Swan Practice, Priory Surgery, Tower House Surgery, Kingswood Surgery, Gladstone Road Surgery, Cressex Health Centre, Wye Valley Surgery and Westongrove Partnership. 

Commenting on the announcement, Raghuv Bhasin, Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, said:

“This fund is the first step in a longer-term plan to move funding from hospital care into GP services. It's about helping to provide more proactive, preventative care for residents led by our excellent GP colleagues whoknow who know their communities best.

"At Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, we’re proud to work closely with our GP colleagues. This shift in resources supports our wider vision for more integrated, neighbourhood-based care across Buckinghamshire.”

Dr Amanda Barltett, GP Partner at the Priory Surgery in High Wycombe added: “This funding means we can put resource behind the things we know would make the biggest difference for our patients, whether that's more appointment capacity or better support for people managing long-term conditions. It's a welcome and meaningful investment in general practice.”