1. Dr Tim Ballard Vice Chair RCGP (External Affairs)
The GP Perspective
Dr Tim Ballard
Vice Chair RCGP (External Affairs)
13th May 2015

2. Excess Winter Mortality
The UK has a shameful record
Excess winter mortality in the UK is greater than in Scandinavia (30, )
Current schemes have failed to deliver support to those most in need

3. Who or What are GPs now?
Traditional role as family doctors (Providers) Clinicians who can best spend £ (Commissioners)
Talk about the H&SCA and the election

4. Who or What is the RCGP?

5. The Marmot Report & The Inverse Care Law
Health is predicated by social factors
(The Marmot Report 2010)
The people who gain the least from health care interventions use the most resource
(Julian Tudor Hart – The Inverse Care Law)
Why do we go wrong?

6. The big picture!

7. The current Crisis in General Practice
Put Patients First – Back General Practice
Remember - Now GPs are both Providers and Commissioners
How do Hospitals regulate their workload?

8. Fuel Poverty and Health
DECC Consultation
Nice Guidance
Gentoo

9. Fuel Poverty + Sustainability = ?
A Primary Care Referral System

10. The RCGP as a charity

11. Questions?