NHS England continues to receive between 5,000 and 10,000 items of clinical correspondence a month that have been sent in error by GP practices to Capita, according to a report by … Read more
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Just 11% of GP partners have not had any problems with the primary care support service run by Capita over the last 12 months, according to the GPonline poll. The results … Read more
Labour is demanding an inquiry into how trainee GPs did not receive their salaries from a private firm that is meant to pay them on behalf of the NHS. Jonathan Ashworth, … Read more
NHS Improvement has outlined plans to create 29 pathology networks across England in a bid to save £200m – or nine per cent of the total spend – as part … Read more
GPs are seeking to claim a quarter of a million pounds in unpaid bills from NHS England, its support services provider Capita and other NHS organisations, after a GP pressure … Read more
GP support services remain a ‘chaotic mess’ despite nearly a year passing since NHS England outsourced the services to Capita, the GPC has warned. The GPC said that the Government … Read more
Family doctors have criticised the “shambles” that has ensued after the firm Capita was handed a £700m contract to provide important backup services to GP surgeries across England. GP practices … Read more
Vital primary care support services are in “meltdown” after NHS England contracted them out to Capita last year, prompting anger among providers toward the contractor and the national body. The … Read more
The GPC has told NHS managers that every practice should be compensated for the significant extra workload they have had to take on as a result of the ‘systematic failure’ … Read more
