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| DUP-Tory deal: Cash to improve GP services | DUP-Tory deal: Cash to improve GP services |
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| The Department of Health has revealed how it plans to spend £70m set aside for transforming the health service. | The Department of Health has revealed how it plans to spend £70m set aside for transforming the health service. |
| The money comes from the £100m transformation fund - part of the DUP's confidence and supply agreement with the Conservative government. | The money comes from the £100m transformation fund - part of the DUP's confidence and supply agreement with the Conservative government. |
| Primary care will get a £15m boost. | Primary care will get a £15m boost. |
| Of this, £5m will go towards GP practices. It is planned that physiotherapists, mental health specialists and social workers will work with doctors and nurses. | Of this, £5m will go towards GP practices. It is planned that physiotherapists, mental health specialists and social workers will work with doctors and nurses. |
| The aim is to help provide more care close to people's homes and to ease pressure on hospitals. | The aim is to help provide more care close to people's homes and to ease pressure on hospitals. |
| The multi-disciplinary teams will be rolled out in two pilot areas this year - the eventual target is that they will be extended to all GP surgeries in Northern Ireland. | |
| Further details on how the £70m is to be spent include: | Further details on how the £70m is to be spent include: |
| Earlier this year the department announced that £30m was to be spent tackling Northern Ireland's hospital waiting lists. | Earlier this year the department announced that £30m was to be spent tackling Northern Ireland's hospital waiting lists. |
| The former Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland John Compton said the investment was good news, welcoming the emphasis on primary care. | The former Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland John Compton said the investment was good news, welcoming the emphasis on primary care. |
| "Most of us receive our health and social care in primary care with our general practitioner or in community services," he said. | "Most of us receive our health and social care in primary care with our general practitioner or in community services," he said. |
| Mr Compton said the investment was the equivalent of 125 jobs but it would take about three months to fill those roles. | |
| Dr David Johnston is a GP working in Cullybackey and Ahoghill in County Antrim, he said the cash investment was "very good news". | Dr David Johnston is a GP working in Cullybackey and Ahoghill in County Antrim, he said the cash investment was "very good news". |
| "This is really seed funding, it's £5m, which in the grand scheme of things is not a huge amount of money but it will allow some experimentation. | "This is really seed funding, it's £5m, which in the grand scheme of things is not a huge amount of money but it will allow some experimentation. |
| "The vision now is that more and more care is delivered, not in hospitals where care is most expensive, but in the community," he added. | "The vision now is that more and more care is delivered, not in hospitals where care is most expensive, but in the community," he added. |