A nationally-specified occupational health service for GPs will be set up across England from 2016 to tackle rising levels of burnout and stress in the profession.
Every CCG in the country will be ordered by NHS England to set up a scheme from 1 April 2016 in line with a nationally agreed specification being drawn up in consultation with the GPC and RCGP.
The GP occupational health service model will draw heavily on successful schemes such as the London Practitioner Health Programme (PHP), set up by former RCGP chairwoman Dr Clare Gerada. NHS England's scheme will also draw on House Concern, a service in the northern NHS region, and the Somerset Clinician Support Service.
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