600 mental health workers and 700 pharmacists added to GP practices

NHS England has recruited nearly 600 mental health workers and more than 700 clinical pharmacists to GP practices as of December 2017.  While GP leaders said the new staff members are'welcome' additions, they warned GPs have'big concerns' about the schemes with no recurrent funding planned beyond 2020.  This comes as NHS England is two years into its five-year plan to rejuvenate general practice by 2020 with the GP Forward View. Hide related content:  Show related contentread more
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