PCTs Refuse to Fund Extended Opening Hours
"PCTs Refuse to Fund Extended Opening Hours By Nick Bostock
PCTs that want practices to extend opening hours without paying
them for the extra work have been condemned by GPs.
Under a scheme being rolled out across seven PCTs in the North
East London SHA, practices will be offered cask to cover
additional staff costs to enable them to open from 8am to 8pm
for six or seven days a week for up to nine months.
PCTs will fund up to eight additional two-and-a-half-hour GP
sessions per week, at a rate of