Aren't NHS GPs paid per registered patient...
...whether they come in or not?
>>Dr Neil Bhatia claimed that GP at Hand's potential patients are those "least likely to need to make contact with GP services in the first place", referring to the many conditions excluded from registering, such as pregnancy, mental illness and "complex physical, psychological and social needs"<<
If so, this sounds like cherry-picking to me. GPatHand gets a bunch of 'easy' patients to deal with for the same money as an 'area' GP has to deal with whatever comes in the door and registers. Are other GP surgeries allowed to disallow various pre-existing conditions when registering patients?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
