Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16540
General Practitioners: Contracts
Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 3 December 2024
Question
Paulette Hamilton
Labour — Birmingham Erdington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) include spirometry and FeNO testing in the GP contract and (b) to provide dedicated funding through a Directed Enhanced Service.
Answer
Stephen KinnockCurrently there are no plans to include spirometry and FeNO testing in the GP contract. In many areas, spirometry and FeNO testing services are delivered through Local Enhanced Services (LESs), which are funded separately to global sum payments.Integrated...
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