Decision details

As part of the recommendations to the Longer Lives report (see 25 March 2014 H&WBB agenda), the Board has requested that NHS England presents how it intends to address the variation in primary care performance and make suggestions where NHS England thinks the Board can support improvement programmes for primary care performance.

The Board:

(i)  Noted the report from NHS England;

(ii)   Expressed concern that the issues relating to GPs in the Francis Report had not been addressed by NHS England;

(iii)  Asked NHS England to revisit the arrangements with GPs in relation to Safeguarding issues as problems with accountability were still being encountered; and,

(iv)   Recognised the resource limitations for effective oversight of work done by GPs but asked that NHS England consider what positive action might be taken to embed good practice as part of future commissioning and monitoring of contracts and report back to the Board in due course.