Ministers and NHS bosses have ordered a new strategic GP premises planning system to help local commissioners make better use of NHS premises…
GP surgeries in Northern Ireland will share a £10m moneypot to upgrade and expand buildings. Health Minister, Jim Wells, has announced a total funding package of £15m to invest in the delivery of primary care services…
More than 1,000 GP practices across England have been awarded up to £5m to improve premises in the first wave of schemes to win support from the £250m-a-year NHS infrastructure fund…
Patients across England are set to benefit from a £250m investment in GP premises every year for the next four years. NHS England Funding will deliver on the promise of a new primary care investment…
Chancellor George Osborne’s final autumn statement before the 2015 general election pledged a GP fund of £1.2bn for primary care infrastructure. GPC premises lead Dr Brian Balmer warns this money must be used to tackle problems GP practices face, not diverted to government ‘pet projects’…
More than 40 per cent of GP practices are unlikely to be capable of providing modern primary care services, according to analysis by construction consultants…
Premises maintenance QUESTION: I am considering buying into a practice property and wondered if you could advise me how maintenance costs are accounted for. I’m trying to work out what loan I can afford and how much I need to provision for maintenance…