PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
General Practitioners: Bristol (15 November 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the estimated £2.4 billion funding by 2020-21 for the General Practice Forward View is planned to be allocated to support GPs in Bristol; and by what method that allocation will be distributed.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

NHS England advises that future local allocations of funding set out in the General Practice Forward View (GPFV) are under discussion within the context of local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) currently being developed to ensure that local health systems are safe and financially sustainable.

GPFV funding will be used to support a programme to achieve greater sustainability of primary care across the south west. In 2016/17, £916,287 has been allocated to the region and NHS England South West is working with STPs and clinical commissioning groups to devolve the funding to local areas.

A total of £326,000 will be spent in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire STP area. The STP has identified south Bristol as one of two priority resilience areas, and work is underway to agree specific support. For 2018-20, south Bristol will continue to be prioritised within the STP area provided it remains under pressure and at greater risk.

NHS England and the STP team will publish specific plans once they are agreed.

Answered by:
David Mowat (Conservative)
22 November 2016