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Exclusive NHS England has been inundated with around 250 bids for the £50m fund to help pilot extended hours schemes, leading to the prospect that strong contenders will miss out on funding, Pulse has learnt.
Dr David Geddes, NHS England’s head of primary care commissioning told Pulse that around 250 bids for funding have been received, and area teams are looking for alternative ways to support bids which are not selected for funding.
The scheme was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron as a means to support practices opening from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week, by setting up a series of pilots through a funding pot worth £50m.
Pulse has also learnt that the original bidding process had required applicants to begin their new schemes by 1 April, and justify any reasons they were unable to do so, but are now being kept ‘waiting on the starting line’ by NHS England - who were supposed to announce successful bids last month.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-pr...ations-received/20006354.article#.U0OaevldWAg
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Dr David Geddes, NHS England’s head of primary care commissioning told Pulse that around 250 bids for funding have been received, and area teams are looking for alternative ways to support bids which are not selected for funding.
The scheme was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron as a means to support practices opening from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week, by setting up a series of pilots through a funding pot worth £50m.
Pulse has also learnt that the original bidding process had required applicants to begin their new schemes by 1 April, and justify any reasons they were unable to do so, but are now being kept ‘waiting on the starting line’ by NHS England - who were supposed to announce successful bids last month.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-pr...ations-received/20006354.article#.U0OaevldWAg
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