As we reported last week, the issue of some tenants of GP practices either decreasing, or threatening to decrease their rents, was recently raised with GPC. Tenants cannot unilaterally change the existing arrangements without due process and discussions, and to…
The aim of the GMC’s income discount scheme is to assist doctors whose overall financial circumstances makes it more difficult for them to afford the full annual fee. However some doctors may miss out on the discount if their period…
The LMC appreciates how desperately hard all GPs and practices are working to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and its fall out, including the need to very quickly move to radically transform models of care delivery. The crisis has also,…
The GMS ready reckoner has now been updated: It should help individual practices see what happens to their baseline. This is an update to the one from last year.
I am happy to report a significant reduction in the GPDF levy for 2020 from 5.4 pence to 4 pence per patient. This follows on from a 10% reduction from 6p and a £17,000 rebate of funds to the LMC…
It was announced today that the BMA is launching legal action against NHS Property Services (NHSPS) over “unjustifiable” rises in service charges faced by GP practices. Practices leasing their buildings from NHSPS have seen their charges rise over the last…
Following calls from GPC England, LMCs, and PCNs, NHS England has today agreed to extend the purpose of the ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) funding for Social Prescribers. We are aware that nearly all organisations supplying a Social Prescriber Link…
The DWP has recently updated its Short guide to the benefit system for GPs and its guidance on factual medical reports
NHS England and NHS Improvement is launching a new online procurement tool which will include a list of pre-approved GP providers that local commissioners can invite to deliver their local GP service needs, including caretaker services. This approach, known as Pseudo…
On 17 September the BMA and the RCGP submitted a joint response to the Home Office consultation on statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing. The BMA and the RCGP have worked collaboratively with the Home Office and other key…