What does Assura do?
Assura provides all the necessary support in the way of funding, clinical and contracting expertise and the supporting resources to enable GPs to become providers of health care services separate to their existing GMS/PMS and core GP roles. Assura underwrites all financial risk of the partnership for the GPs and provides the start up capital to develop it, as well as subsequent working capital as required. Assura provides clinical pathway and service redesign expertise to support the development of new services and community based pathways, central business services (bid and contracting expertise), IT systems (N3, Choose and Book, etc), training, HR, payroll and financial support. In addition, it can help with premises ownership and development (if needed). Specifically Assura: provides each local GPCo with start up capital and access to working capital to fund the development and ongoing operations of each partnership; provides experienced people and professional resources to assist i
Related Questions
- We already provide some of these extra services to a proportion of patients in the area. Would we have to do these through the Assura GP Provider Company?
- What happens if we decide at a later date that Assura or an Assura Local LLP is no longer in the best interests of our staff or patients?
- Explain how Assura will provide start-up capital and working capital to each local GPCo?
