Under the contract, GPs are financially rewarded for increasing the quality of their services through a framework that effectively prioritises different clinical areas with points.
David Hall, professor of community paediatrics at the Institute of General Practice and Primary Care at the Northern General Hospital Sheffield, said that although cervical screening received 22 points, and heart disease 121 points, child health surveillance was awarded only six.
Anne McPherson, chair of the adolescent task group at the Royal College of General Practitioners, agreed that the framework meant GPs were likely to prioritise other services above those focused on children. But she hoped that a move by the Department of Health would counter these concerns.
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