Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund Pilots: Innovative workforce Solutions

In October 2013, the Prime Minister announced a new £50 million Challenge Fund to help improve access to general practice and stimulate innovative ways of providing primary care services. The first wave of twenty pilots was announced in April 2014.Further funding of £100m for 2015/16 was announced by the Prime Minister on 30 September 2014 for a second wave.The attached document from January 2015 details some of the successful bids testing innovative ways of increasing access and delivering wider transformational change in general practice. The fund will also support GPs to play an even stronger role at the heart of more integrated out-of-hospital services that delivers better health outcomes, more personalised care, and excellent patient experience.