GPs affected by a National Insurance raid could receive compensation after a response

GPs are already taking part in ‘work to rule’ protests against their current contract, which has increased funding for this year by 7.4 per cent, including 6 per cent for GP pay.

As a result of the changes, employer contributions will increase by 1.2 percentage points to 15 percent from April. Businesses will also have to pay for staff earning more than £5,000 a year, up from £9,100.

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, President of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has contacted Wes Streeting calling for “urgent guarantees that GP practices will be given the same protection as the rest of the NHS and public sector and will receive the necessary funding to support this to cover. additional costs.”

She said: “We have very serious concerns about the impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on GP practices across the country, many of whom are already struggling to keep their doors open and make ends meet due to historic chronic underfunding.

“It is for some this additional financial burden will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, forcing them to make difficult decisions about layoffs or even closing their practices, and ultimately it will be our patients who will suffer.”