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NHS England extends support for GPs on rising indemnity costs

NHS England is today announcing the promised help for GPs struggling to cope with the rising cost of indemnity payments so that they can offer greater access for patients.

The 2016 Winter Indemnity Scheme will be extended by a month to April 17 so that GPs wishing to work additional shifts, particularly over the Easter Bank Holiday, can do so without the burden of further costs. The first payments from the GP Indemnity Support Scheme are also set to be paid to GP practices to further offset average indemnity inflation.

The GP Indemnity Scheme payments are made directly to practices and based on 51.6p per patients on their list as of December 1 2016. The two year scheme is making £30m available in 2016/17 while NHS England works with the Department of Health on long-term plans for indemnity reform.

The funding is a result of the GP Indemnity Review, published last summer, after GPs made clear that the above-inflation rises in the amount they must pay to buy indemnity against clinical negligence is unsustainable. Concerns have also been raised about the potential for rising indemnity in discouraging GPs from taking on certain work, like out-of-hours care.

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