BMA accepts new GP contract deal after requirements for primary care networks are pared back

The BMA has accepted a package of changes to the GP contract for 2020-21, which includes scaled back requirements for primary care networks (PCNs) and funding to attract GPs into partnerships. The announcement comes after the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) rejected a proposed updated contract from NHS England in January and condemned the work that primary care networks (PCNs) are expected to deliver over the next four years.1 As...