Wes Streeting announced a “red tape challenge” by the government to reduce bureaucracy for GPs and free up their time, as GPs are spending too much time on paperwork. He mentioned that some practices have to fill in over 150 forms to refer patients to secondary care services, leading to 20% of their time being spent on administrative tasks. Streeting spoke at the Royal College of General Practitioners conference in Liverpool, highlighting the need to streamline processes to improve efficiency in the healthcare system. The initiative aims to address the burden of paperwork on GPs and improve communication between primary and secondary care services.
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Streeting vows to slash red tape in general practice
