{"id":74758,"date":"2016-10-06T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6cf0c0b0d38639470dd646e42c2c82c1"},"modified":"2016-10-06T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:08:08","slug":"news-story-gp-practices-of-the-future-apply-for-business-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74758","title":{"rendered":"News story: GP practices of the future: apply for business contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>NHS England and the academic health science networks are to invest in innovative business projects that help family doctors cope with increasing demands placed on their practices.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for general practice is at its highest ever level.The number of face-to-face consultations increased by 13% between 2010 and 2015 at the same time as the number of GPs was declining.<\/p>\n<p>GPs are expected to face increasing demands on their practices as more and more elements of care are pushed out of hospitals and into general practice.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS is seeking to fund projects under SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) in three areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>workload and demand management: solutions that better forecast the demands that will be placed on surgeries and help to release GP time<\/li>\n<li>diagnostics and earlier triage: technology that allows rapid diagnostic testing to take place within general practices rather than in acute care<\/li>\n<li>self-care: products that help the patient to look after themselves in partnership with their GP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is open, and the deadline for applications is at noon on 24 November 2016<\/li>\n<li>single companies or organisations from the private, public and third sectors, including charities, can apply<\/li>\n<li>up to \u00a3100,000 is available for individual feasibility studies in the first stage of the competition<\/li>\n<li>successful projects could attract contracts of up to \u00a31 million for further development of the idea<\/li>\n<li>funding is available in the form of 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>briefing events will be held in Cambridge on 25 October 2016 and in Bristol on 27 October 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/sbrihealthcare.co.uk\/competitions\/gp-of-the-future\/\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for up to \u00a3100,000 to develop innovative ideas that will help GP practices tackle growing demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}