GMS Contract

GMS Contract 2011-12

This section covers the details of the 2011-12 contract, QOF guidance and changes to DES's.

Patient Participation DES for GMS contract

This link will take you to the NHS Employers guidance on the DES

Implementation of the 2010-2011 GMS contract uplift

This BMA letter details the implementation of the 2010-2011 GMS contract uplift.

Focus on...2009-10 GMS contract agreement

The GPC reached agreement with NHS Employers (NHSE) in October 2008 to apply several changes to the GMS contract in 2009-10.

GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE)

This Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) relates to the payments to be made by primary care trusts (PCTs) to a contractor under a GMS contract.

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004

This link will take you to Regulations on the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website.

How your practice is funded

This guidance note from 2009 was produced by the GPC to help GPs and practice managers understand how individual practices receive funding under the GMS contract.

Review of the General Medical Services global sum formula

This report from 2007 presents the results of the review of the GMS global sum formula which has been undertaken by the Formula Review Group (FRG) established by NHS Employers and the GPC.

GMS global sum formula review consultation FAQs

This guidance was produced by the GPC in 2007 to answer questions about the GMS global sum formula review consultation

Revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07

This document gives practices an overview of the changes to the GMS contract for 2006/07 and detailed information that they will need to implement the changes.

Focus on...Sale of goodwill

This guidance note has been produced by the GPC to help GPs with decisions about whether to take advantage of new Regulations in relation to trading in goodwill.

Cash to Accruals Conversion Factor

This guidance note was produced by the GPC in 2004 to help GPs to understand the concept of a cash to accruals conversion.

Out-of-hours

This guidance note was produced by the GPC in 2004 to help GPs with the out-of-hours arrangements under the nGMS contract.

Patient registration

This 2004 guidance from the GPC focuses on patient registration under the nGMS contract.

Practice staff under the new contract

This GPC guidance from 2004 aims to provide you with some background to the issues that you will need to be thinking about and supply some answers to problems that may arise.