Intended for healthcare professionals

News

GPs call for cut in red tape to manage aftermath of covid-19

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2729 (Published 07 July 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m2729

Read our latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic

  1. Jacqui Wise
  1. London

The Royal College of General Practitioners has called for a permanent reduction in “box ticking exercises” to give GPs more time to focus on delivering patient care in the aftermath of covid-19.

The college’s report, General Practice in the Post Covid World, says that the pandemic has brought a welcome relaxation of the bureaucratic and administrative burdens usually imposed on general practice.1 This includes the temporary suspension of practice inspections, of the Quality and Outcomes Framework(QOF) in Northern Ireland and England, …

View Full Text