Health written question – answered at on 16 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to ensure that GP funding is allocated according to the health needs of the population in each practice.
We are currently consulting with representatives of general practice on fairer, more equitable core, funding arrangements for general practitioner practices. These will ensure resources are allocated on the basis of the number of patients on practice lists, with appropriate weightings for factors such as age and deprivation that are related to health needs. This would end the current inequitable funding of practices based on historic income, with changes to practice funding phased over seven years, starting in 2014.
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