Extended Access Current Service

We have received feedback, reflecting the current pressures in Primary Care and asking Extended Access to support this. PCS and the CCG are working together on trying to secure funding to support additional capacity. We will keep you posted on this.

In the meantime, many practices have fed back that the service model could be tweaked to support the current demand. These changes cannot create additional costs for the service but could involved for example reallocation of existing resources.

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* 1. Which of the following changes to the extended access service model do you think could help support practices with current demand?

Advising practices on their share of appointments according to list size

Adding more GP appointments by reducing some other appointment types

Adding non-GP appointments, perhaps with ANPs

Holding back appointments until later in the day for those late-in-the-day urgent needs

Holding back all Monday’s appointments to make them available only on the day

Other (please specify)

Extended Access Current Service

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* 1. Which of the following changes to the extended access service model do you think could help support practices with current demand?

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* 2. Do you have any other comments? ﻿

* 2. Do you have any other comments?