Please see below a template press release on real terms cuts to GP funding per-patient.
Use this spreadsheet to find the data on GP funding real terms cuts. Please only use this press release if funding has decreased in real terms.
Please note that data is only available by Integrated Care Board (ICB) area which covers wider areas than local authorities or constituencies. You can use the template below to localise to your area more specifically by adding your constituency or local authority to the sections marked [CONSTITUENCY].
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Figures reveal GP funding slashed in [CONSTITUENCY] since 2019
- Funding for GP practices in [ICB AREA - COLUMN A] has been slashed by [COLUMN T] in real terms since 2019
- Nationally, the Conservatives have cut GP funding by 6.9 per cent per patient in real terms
- [AREA]’s Liberal Democrats are calling for a legal right for patients to see their GP within seven days, or 24-hours if in urgent need
Funding for GP services in [ICB AREA ] has been slashed by [COLUMN T] in real terms since 2019, research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The House of Commons Library analysis looks at funding for General Practices over the past four years once inflation is taken into account. It shows that funding per patient across the local NHS Integrated Care Board ICB area, including [CONSTITUENCY], has fallen by [COLUMN L %] since 2019.
It comes despite growing demand for GP services and patients often having to wait weeks to get an appointment.
Nationally, GP practices have received a 6.9 per cent real terms cut in funding per patient since 2019, whilst NHS waiting lists are near record numbers at 7.6 million.
[AREA]'s Liberal Democrats are calling for patients to be given a legal right to see their GP within seven days, or 24-hours if in urgent need. This would be achieved by increasing the number of fully qualified GPs by 8,000 with an initiative to boost recruitment and retain more experienced doctors.
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for [ AREA], [NAME] said:
“Families and pensioners in [AREA] are currently struggling to see their GP despite being in need of medical advice. It is leaving people waiting in pain or simply anxious about not getting the care they need.
“It is not right that our community is suffering the consequences of this Conservative government’s neglect of local health services.
“Rishi Sunak and his failing government is totally out of touch with people’s concerns. Conservative MPs are too busy fighting amongst themselves to deliver the health services that we so desperately need.
“Seeing your GP should be at the heart of our NHS. That is why the Liberal Democrats are calling for a legal right to see a GP within seven days or 24-hours if in urgent need.”
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Notes to editors
Analysis by the House of Commons Library on GP funding per area (figures are broken down by ICBs)
House of Commons Library notes
The original source of the data is: NHS Payments to General Practice, England, 2022/23