Closure of NHS England
Posted on March 21st, 2025
Closure of NHS England
Whilst GP surgeries do not yet have all of the details; we wanted to take the opportunity to explain what this means with an aim to reduce any worries or concerns about the NHS and GP Practices:
- The closure of NHS England will not directly impact GP Practices.
- NHS England is one element of the NHS who support the Government with the overall running of the NHS by managing the funding, policies & process etc.
- Any important work completed by NHS England will be outsourced to another appropriate part of the NHS.
Integrated Care Boards (ICB’s) who manage the funding & contracts for GP Practices will remain in place and will continue their work with GP Practices to minimise any impact.
The NHS overall will still exist and will continue to service patients in the same way we do currently.
There is talk that the Government would like to transfer some patient services from secondary care into primary care with funding – the details of such services are currently unknown – however, we see this as a positive step forward for the future of primary care.
GP Practices offer excellent patient services for an effective cost and would be happy to review and introduce new patient services with appropriate funding in the future.