2 April 2014

Implementation guidance for 2014/15 GP contract

Implementation guidance for 2014/15 GP contract
NHS Employers 2 April 2014
  • NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee of the BMA have agreed changes to the General Medical Services contract for 2014/15 for England. 
  • Includes documents been published to support GP practices and NHS England area teams in the implementation of the 2014/15 contract changes and an outline of the contents of the contract as below.
    • Enhanced Service (ES) on avoiding unplanned admissions and proactive case management 
    • Quality and outcomes framework (England) 
    • Seniority 
    • Named GP for patients aged 75 and over 
    • Quality of out of hours services 
    • Publication of GP earnings 
    • Friends and family test 
    • Choice of GP practice 
    • Patients needing access to a practice clinician after assessment 
    • CQC inspections 
    • Deprivation 
    • Patients and information 
    • Enhanced services 
    • GP pay and expenses