Imposition
of GMS Contract Changes December 2007
Lord
Darzi Report
White
Paper
GMS Contract Review
Enhanced Services
FAQ
- on BMA Website
- Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services
- Government White Paper

GPC
Letter to the Profession on GP GMS Contract Negotiations
Global
sum formula review - report and consultation, September
2007
The results of the consultation of the report 'Review
of the General Medical Services global sum formula'
GMS
dispensing quality payment scheme SFE amendment,
September 2006
Dispensary
Services Quality Scheme - August 2006
NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee
(GPC) in consultation with the Dispensing Doctors'
Association have now published details of the Dispensary
Services Quality Scheme together with guidance to assist
practices and PCTs to implement the scheme. It is
expected that Directions supporting the scheme will come
into place by the start of the autumn.
Revisions
to the GMS contract 2006-07 - Delivering investment in
general practice - Supplementary guidance England only
This document is a supplement to the guidance
detailing changes to the General Medical Services (GMS)
contract for 2006/07 that was released in February 2006.
This includes details of the publication of the directed
enhanced service (DES) Directions and an statement of
financial entitlements (SFE) amendment to support the
new DESs in England, and also further clarifies some
aspects of the DESs.
Important
notice for dispensing GPs in England and Wales, February
2006
Following changes in Department of Health funding,
effective from 1 April 2006, dispensing doctors who wish
to recover VAT incurred on drugs they dispense will need
to register for VAT.
Dispensing
Doctors / Contractors and VAT registration
As part of the recently agreed revisions to the GMS
contract the Department will no longer pay an allowance
to cover the VAT payable on purchases of drugs,
appliances and containers to those dispensing doctors
who are not registered for VAT with the HMRC.
Revisions
to the GMS contract, 2006/07 - Delivering investment in
general practice
As part of the original contract negotiations, it was
agreed that we would review the contract for 2006. This
document outlines the changes that have been agreed by
NHS Employers, the General Practitioners Committee (GPC)
and the health departments of England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland in the first stage of that process,
which will come into effect on 1 April 2006.
Summary
of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract review
negotiations 2005/06
This summary includes details on the quality and
outcomes framework, directed enhanced services,
dispensing doctors review, access (in England),
maternity, childhood vaccinations and immunisation,
normalisation, contractor population index and pensions.
Investing
in general practice - the new general medical services
contract, February 2003
SFE
amendment for the Dispensing Quality Payment Scheme
Rural
Proofing - GMS Contract
Dispensary
Services Quality Scheme
LMC
Commentary on Revision to GMS Contract 2006
QOF
Points, Removal, Redistribution, Assignment
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