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Hancock rejects GPs’ vote to remove home visits from contracts

Hancock rejects GPs’ vote to remove home visits from contracts

Position of BMA delegates in England is non-starter, says health secretary

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has ruled out scrapping GP home visits after doctors backed the idea in a vote, arguing that they were too over-stretched to deliver the service.

Delegates representing GPs across England at a British Medical Association conference voted to try to remove the duty from their standard contract, after complaints that they were wasting time driving around the country.

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