Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3540, whether NHS England can vary the eligibility criteria set out by his Department on how the £10 million fund for support for GP practices will be distributed.
NHS England will be investing up to £10 million to develop a programme of support for GP practices where the Care Quality Commission has identified quality concerns in need of improvement.
The Department has not set eligibility criteria for this funding. NHS England will release further information on the programme of support in due course.