GP leaders have spoken up against Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) overspending, after recent surveys sparked fears that financial troubles among CCGs could kick-start primary care funding cuts in 2016/17.
The news comes following a report published by the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) in late May, which quizzed CCG finance leads and found that almost 20 per cent predicted a deficit by the end of the 2016/17 financial year.
A separate study conducted by the King’s Fund revealed that more than 50 per cent of CCG finance directors were ‘pessimistic’ about their financial outlook for the following financial year.
“CCGs must not do what they and their predecessors have always done, which is to bail out hospitals at the expense of general practice,” said GPC deputy chairman, Dr Richard Vautrey.
Dr Vautrey called upon the Treasury to match EU healthcare funding levels, or else face increasing deficits among CCGs across the country.
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