NHS England hosted a meeting to consider the applications by
practices in the region to submit recommendations for consideration by a
national panel. Each CCG sent a senior representative and Dr Chris Hewitt attended
on behalf of LLR LMC to ensure due diligence and adherence to a fair and
consistent process.
Up to £250 million is available in the first year of the
scheme to be allocated to practices across the whole of England. The funding
for the first year is limited and national allocation will be against very
strict criteria, which may leave many practices disappointed. However over the
four years of the scheme £1 billion has been earmarked.
Hopefully the criteria
for the scheme will be broadened and LLR practices which are unsuccessful with
their bids this time may have a better chance in subsequent years. At time of publication there was no decision from
the national panel on the successful LLR practices.
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