Ownership and pay rises in General Practice

Contact us and share your opinionOwnership and pay rises in General Practice Digital Primary Care update 6.3.21 Join Andy and Gandhi as they cover the latest news in primary care including topics such as takeovers and more  Operose “partnership” to operate AT Medics1% Pay Rise for NHS StaffOperose - large private companyNow operate 58 practices, nearly 1% GP practices (6,658), >500,000p Worries that GP is being parceled up and sold off to private business, foreign, American ones at that… Why is this controversial?Who are the players?Do people understand GP ownership structures?Does it matter? Should we worry?AT MedicsLargest Group of GP practices in London, 37 practices, 49 sites, 120,000p Innovative software and programmes - medic assistantOperose HealthOwned by CenteneAmerican$111B Revenue NHS Budget £150BCentene in Andaluz - Ribera Salud the template for ICS workingMedicaid and population health in the US, 25m Americans My experienceGood experience of working with PCN practicesGood people Nationally assembling a strong team CMO - Nick Harding OBE / Modality  Does it Matter?Londonwide LMC (Chief Exec Dr Lisa Rothwell) - Strong tradition of GP Practices being led by GPs and teams who live locally and work as part of the frontline workforce. On the other hand - Investment - Efficiencies increased competition to the market to improve quality for patients and get better deal for tax payer?  NHS sets the price and performance expectations in the contract? Understanding ownership of general practices - PArtnerships - need to change? NSH 1% payrise  Is it right or not?Will you be clapping for carers or not?Thanks to GP Online for the articleNo Pulse article? Why?