Background/Context. The GP Agreement 2023 includes additional supports to maintain and increase the capacity of GP Practices. Details in relation to the additional supports for practice capacity are set out below. In addition to changes to the existing practice supports, each GMS GP with a weighted panel size of 500 or more, where weighting is such that over 70s count for two, will be entitled to access a new form of practice grant of €15,000. This grant can be used towards a practice nurse, practice administrator, practice manager or the new role of GP Practice Assistant (GPA). This grant will only apply to additional hours for existing staff (increase in hours must be on or after 1st July 2023) or staff hired after the 1st July 2023. In addition to the above and across all grants, in determining the relevant point on the subsidy scales for a practice nurse, relevant nursing experience in an acute, community/primary care or nursing home setting will be taken into account in determining the relevant point. Heretofore, only General Practice experience was taken into account.
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