GP Contract
2011/12 GMS Contract Negotiations
Click here to read the outcome of negotiations between the BMA General Practitioners Committee (GPC) and NHS Employers on amendments that will apply to GMS contractual arrangements in England from April 2011.
Patient Participation DES in England (from BMA website)
The monies released through the reduction in the cost of the extended hours DES will be reinvested into a “Patient Participation” DES in England, the aim of which is to promote the proactive engagement of patients through the use of effective Patient Reference Groups and to seek views from practice patients through the use of a local patient survey.
The key requirements of the patient participation arrangements agreed by negotiators are that GP practices:
- develop a structure that gains the views of patients and enables the practice to obtain feedback from the practice population, e.g. a patient reference group
- agree areas of priority with their patient reference group
- collate patient views through a patient survey
- agree an action plan with their patient reference group
- publicise the results of the patient survey
- publicise the actions taken and what is achieved as a result
Around £60m of released investment will be available to practices, provided that they successfully meet these requirements, which is equivalent in total to £1.10 per registered patient.
Guidance will be available very soon.