A new funding model for primary care

This is intended to be read alongside the Reform paper on a new model for primary care.  The report captures learning from funding models in other countries. A future model of primary care contracting would need to reflect three key principles: incentivise outcomes rather than activity; focus on population groups rather than disease pathways; and enable long-term planning. The paper sets out different options for contracting services. It also suggests how, in the long term, budgets could be devolved and pooled to create a genuinely sustainable and preventive system of primary care.