Mark Prisk – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the revised Carr-Hill formula.

Alistair Burt

NHS England is committed to reviewing the Carr-Hill formula which underpins the payments made to general practitioner (GP) practices under the General Medical Services contract. A technical working group and steering group have been established and are meeting regularly.

Whilst the technical work is expected to complete in 2016, the new formula is not expected to impact GP contracts before 2017/18, following negotiation with the British Medical Association.