Page Last updated 10/04/2008
NEW CONTRACT
The New GMS Contract was implemented on 1st April. The GPC has issued a number of documents concerning this and these can be found on the links below. They are also available on the BMA and Regional LMC websites.
Recent documents include:
Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework (28/03/08)
Focus on extended hours access 2008 (8/04/08)
Documentation relating to Local Enhanced services can be found here
Other documents relating to the New Contract can be found below.
Documents issued in the focus on series are:
Focus on Enhanced Services (25/7/03)
Focus on Out of Hours (1/8/03)
Focus on Funding for Information Management and Technology (4/9/03)
Focus on The Quality and Outcomes Framework (4/9/03)
Focus on The Nature of the Contract and Partnerships (4/9/03)
New Read codes - query specification for
Quality & outcomes framework (PDF File)
Focus on Funding for the New
Contract (15/10/03)
Letter from John Hutton to PMS GPs (15/10/03)
Focus on the Role of LMCs (23/10/03)
Focus on the Role of LMCs Annex 1 (23/10/03)
Focus on the Role of LMCs Annex 2 (23/10/03)
Focus on the Role of LMCs Annex 3 (23/10/03)
Focus on Quality Payments (29/10/03)
Focus on Funding for Information Management and Technology 2nd document (27/11/03)
Focus on Practice Premises (16/01/04)
Focus on Preparing for Implementation (28/01/04)
Focus on PMS (02/02/04)
Focus on Enhanced Services (02/02/04)
Focus on Health Service Body Status (03/02/04)
Focus on the Choice of Nationally Accredited Systems (06/02/04)
Focus on Indicative Contractor Budgets (11/02/04)
Focus on how to access information (12/02/04)
Focus on Practice Staff (24/02/04)
Focus on the role of LMCs (update) (26/02/04)
Focus on Standard and Default Contracts (02/03/04)
Focus on the Monitoring of enhanced services (04/03/04)
Focus on Postgraduate Education (09/03/04)
Focus on Patient Registration (12/03/04) (updated April 04)
Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework - update (16/03/04)
Focus on Exception Reporting (17/03/04)
Focus on Premises Costs (01/04/04)
Focus on IT Funding 3rd Update (01/04/04)
Focus on Vaccination and Immunisation (15/04/04)
Focus on Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccinations (04/05/04)
Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework - May 04 (18/05/04)
Focus on Out of Hours (14/06/04)
Focus on Private Practice (24/06/04)
Focus on Salaried GPs (25/06/04)
Focus on the sale of goodwill (25/06/04)
Focus on cash to accruals (25/06/04)
Focus on Out of Hours (amended) (30/06/04)
Focus on Superannuation Contributions (19/07/04)
Focus on Pensions - overview (16/09/04)
Focus on Pensions - flexibilities (16/09/04)
Focus on Pensions - dynamising factor (16/09/04)
Focus on Superannuation Contributions - 2nd update (16/09/04)
Focus on QMAS (11/10/04)
Focus on Community Hospitals - Interim Guidance (9/02/05)
Focus on Quality Achievement Payments (16/02/05)
Focus on Pensionable Earnings (24/03/05)
Focus on the Dynamising Factor (24/03/05)
Note on Non-GP Partner Pension Contributions (24/03/05)
Focus on Community Hospital GPs (28/07/05)
Focus on Community Hospital GPs - Appendix 1 Powys agreements doc (28/07/05)
Focus on Community Hospital GPs - Appendix 2 SLA England doc (28/07/05)
Focus on Community Hospital GPs - Costings doc (28/07/05)
Focus on the Quality and Outcomes Framework 2006 (20/02/06)
Focus on the Quality and Outcomes Framework 2006 - Appendix 1 (20/02/06)
Focus on the Quality and Outcomes Framework 2006 - Appendix 2 (20/02/06)
Focus on the Towards Practice Based Commissioning DES (24/02/06)
Focus on Choice and Booking DES (10/03/06)
Focus on Revisions to the GMS contract 2006/7 (10/03/06)
Focus on Access (21/03/06)
Focus of SFE Changes (06/04/06)
Focus on PES (updated 06/12/06)
Focus of QOF Payments (13/2/07)
Focus on QMAS (13/2/07)
Focus on Quality and Performance Management Standards (13/2/07)
Focus on Read Codes (1/3/07)
Focus on Community Hospitals (1/10/07)
Focus on Salaried GPs (18/10/07)
Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework (28/03/08)
Focus on extended hours access 2008 (8/04/08)
The GMSC2 updates series:
GMS2 Update 25 July 2003 - Annex
Other Documents
Contract Variation Notice (April 05)
Pensions - FAQs (October 04)
Update on Patient Experience Section Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Patient Surveys (June 04)
Contract News (April 2004)
Delivering Investment in General Practice
On 11th March 2004 the GPC published the latest Frequently Asked Questions which can be found here.
Statement of Financial Entitlements
This is the new "Red Book" and replaces the Statement of Fees & Allowances. It details all the payments to which practices are entitled. It underpins the financial arrangements for the new contract.
It sets out in detail the way in which payments will be calculated and made to practices, including the arrangements for:
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the Global Sum |
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the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee |
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quality payments |
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some directed enhanced services |
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the out-of-hours opt-out |
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PCO-administered services. |
Standard Contract
This is the basis on which the contract practices are based. It contains all the mandatory regulations which apply to the contract. This contract has been approved by the GPC's legal team.
These and other documentation relating to the new contract can be found on the West Midlands Regional LMC website.
The following documents were issues in November. "Implementing the New Contract" a joint letter from the GPC and the NHS Confederation. There are two annexes to this documents which are relevant to GPs in England
Implementing the New Contract (19/11/03)
Joint Implementation - England Annex (19/11/03)
Protocol for handling local implementation issues (19/11/03)
Previous documents include:
New Contract Briefing (11/09/03)
GPC Chairman's Report to the GPC (18/09/03)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (16/10/03)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (20/11/03)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (15/01/04)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (19/04/04)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (20/05/04)
Negotiators Report to the GPC (15/07/04)
Ballot Result
The result of the ballot was:
Ballot papers sent out: 45,750
Ballot papers returned: 31,988
Spoilt: 43
Number of valid votes counted 31,945 70% turnout
Yes: 25,359 79.4% of valid vote
No: 6,586 20.6% of valid vote
Various documents concerning the New contract can be found below:
New GP contract - Latest Developments and Ballot
Letter from John Chisholm and Mike Farrar
New GMS Contract - Final agreements.
Yes and No voting implications
Minimum Practice Income Guarantee
Pension Increases under the New Contract
John
Chisholm's speech to the Special Local Medical Committee's Conference
"A simple guide to the New
Contract"
a guide to the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
joint letter from the General Practitioners Committee and the NHS Confederation on the MPIG
PowerPoint presentation used at Roadshows
The New Contract can also be downloaded from the links below.
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Documents in Word Format |
Documents in PDF format |
| Covering Letter | |
| The New Contract | |
| Annexes (A,B,C) | |
| Annex B | |
| Annex C | |
| Annex D | |
| Annex E |
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