Common use of Practice Expenses Clause in Contracts

Practice Expenses. For 2012/13, in order to reduce the risks of a further net pay cut for GPs, we have agreed to an increase to the overall value of GMS contract payments by 0.5 per cent, to support practices in meeting the costs of increased expenses, including the pay award for employed staff with a full time equivalent salary of less than £21,000. This increase will be delivered through an increase in the value of a QOF point. This increase in the value of a QOF point is intended to deliver the full 0.5 per cent expenses increase agreed with NHS Employers. This will therefore also apply to PMS practices. In June 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions with a full-time equivalent salary of less than £21,000 will receive a flat pay rise worth £250 in Registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered No. 8848 England Registered office: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP Listed as a Trade Union under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974. 2011/12 and 2012/13. We would expect GMS practices to use this expenses rise to mirror the award for Agenda for Change staff for practice staff earning under £21,000, where applicable. Two indicators (17 points) have been retired following recommendations from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and a further 26 points in total have been removed from other indicators (BP4, BP5, CKD2, DM2, DM22, Smoking 3 and Smoking 4). We have agreed to a number of changes to some of the current indicators and most significantly introduced two new disease areas, osteoporosis and peripheral arterial disease.

Practice Expenses. For 2012/13, in order to reduce the risks of a further net pay cut for GPs, we have agreed to an increase to the overall value of GMS contract payments by 0.5 per cent, to support practices in meeting the costs of increased expenses, including the pay award for employed staff with a full time equivalent salary of less than £21,000. This increase will be delivered through an increase in the value of a QOF point. This increase in the value of a QOF point is intended to deliver the full 0.5 per cent expenses increase agreed with NHS Employers. This will therefore also apply to PMS practices. In June 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions with a full-time equivalent salary of less than £21,000 will receive a flat pay rise worth £250 in Registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered No. 8848 England Registered office: BMA House▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Tavistock Square▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, London WC1H 9JP ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Listed as a Trade Union under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974. 2011/12 and 2012/13. We would expect GMS practices to use this expenses rise to mirror the award for Agenda for Change staff for practice staff earning under £21,000, where applicable. Two indicators (17 points) have been retired following recommendations from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and a further 26 points in total have been removed from other indicators (BP4, BP5, CKD2, DM2, DM22, Smoking 3 and Smoking 4). We have agreed to a number of changes to some of the current indicators and most significantly introduced two new disease areas, osteoporosis and peripheral arterial disease.