BMA sets out its proposal for how to reform general practice boundaries

The BMA has recently set out its solution for how to reform GP practice boundaries in England and make it easier for patients to see a GP in a place and at a time that is more convenient.

The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) paper, Reforming General Practice Boundaries, explores the possible consequences of completely abolishing practice boundaries and suggests a solution which, while not a total abolition, would significantly improve choice and access for patients without the huge cost, upheaval and unintended consequences that completely free registration would cause.

The BMA believes that total abolition of practice boundaries could have a number of unintended consequences. Examples of issues that would need to be addressed in advance of completely free registration are included in the BMA’s document.

Reforming General Practice Boundaries (pdf)