Briefing / Medicine for managers: general practice in England

This guide to general practice is the third briefing in the HFMA’s medicine for managers series. Earlier briefings covered paediatrics and mental health.

We have chosen to focus on general practice because it is used by almost everyone, it significantly affects other NHS expenditure and it faces challenges at present.

The aim of this briefing, as with the others, is to enhance the knowledge of finance staff and help them to engage confidently with their clinical colleagues in order to improve quality and efficiency in their own organisation and the wider NHS.