Extended Access to Primary Care.

Descriptions

The Commissioner wishes to use this market engagement opportunity to seek views about its strategy to commission the service.The Extended Access to Primary Care is a new service which can be provided by practices, localities or from central locations. To provide an additional 30 minutes consultation capacity per 1000 population incorporating:a) Weekday provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments to general practice services in evenings (after 18:30) to provide an additional 1.5 hours a day,b) Weekend provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on both Saturdays and Sundays to meet local population needs,c) Not all appointments need to be GP face to face consultations:Provision can be via telephone consultation or other consultation methods and can be conducted by an appropriate health care professional to meet the patient clinical need.