DDA raises rural GP issues in Westminster event

DDA Board Member Dr Ian Hume raised the rural challenges facing dispensing GPs in a Rebuild General Practice campaign roundtable with Liberal Democrat MPs.

The discussion focused on the challenges facing GP practices across the country, from rising demand and workforce pressures to the need for a more sustainable model of primary care.

The Rebuild General Practice campaign represents GPs across Great Britain and champions the role of general practice in the NHS. Specific aims cover

A plan to retain the GP workforce
Fair funding as part of the wider NHS
Greater freedom and autonomy to do our jobs.

The campaign is funded by the General Practitioners' Defence Fund.

Pictured (l-r) are Wessex LMC joint CEO Dr Andy Purbrick, Alison Bennett MP (LD, mid Sussex), Hornchurch GP Dr Bishakha Chowdhury, John Milne MP (LD, Horsham) DDA Board Member Dr Ian Hume, Rachel Gilmour MP (LD, Tiverton & Minehead), Gateshead and Tyneside LMC Chairman Dr Paul Evans and Rich Bell, director of the Rebuild General Practice campaign organiser BB Partners.

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