Health leaders have been criticised by GP’s for pushing through contract changes without the backing from the profession. What are these changes? On 1st March, NHS England published a letter highlighting changes to the 2022/23 GP contract. There are two main...
The government has announced that planned changes to NHS Pension Scheme contributions will be delayed until October after originally expected to be implemented from April. What are the proposed changes to the NHS pension scheme? From October members of the NHS...
Bank of England Update for Businesses and Households During this difficult time for businesses and households, the Bank of England has put together a list of sites where you can find the latest updates from the Government. The following has been circulated by the bank...
Nursing shortages begin as baby boomer population begin to retire As the baby boomer population begin to retire, hospitals are struggling to recruit and retain nurses. According to a new survey the contributing factors are due to burnouts and violence in the...
The NHS have taken action to avoid winter treatment delays by deciding to cover all senior doctors tax bills. Senior doctors and consultants are refusing to work overtime as they are worried it could prompt a large pension tax charge. The reason for this is because if...
Brexit: tax implications as the UK votes to leave the EU From the argument over selling bendy bananas to the threat of an emergency Budget, the EU referendum campaign has undoubtedly had its share of the headlines over the past couple of months. The biggest headline...
General Practice Forward View - an accountant's perspective The much anticipated "rescue package" for general practice has now been published and sets out plans to tackle historic underfunding, the recruitment crisis, red tape and unnecessary GP workloads, in a...
As you are probably already aware (and may have already started doing so), following changes that were announced in the 2015/16 GP contract last year, GP practices will now have to publish the average earnings of all full-time, part-time and locum GPs as part of the...
Pharmacy global sum funding 2016/17 set to fall considerably The government has announced plans to reduce the amount of funding for community pharmacies for 2016/17. In an open letter last month the Department of Health (DH) told the Pharmaceutical Services...
GPs face significant increase in CQC fees GPs could face substantial increases in CQC fees following proposals released by the regulator in November. A rise in fees was inevitable - the last two years have also seen a rise in CQC fees - but CQC’s proposed increases...
What the PMS funding changes mean for your practice The PMS funding changes – part of the national drive for equitable funding – may see a large number of redundancies, reduced service offerings and even practice closures over the next few years. Reviews in one CCG...
Will the publication of GP net earnings really improve transparency? The NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee of the BMA have announced changes to the GMS contract in England for 2015/16. In unprecedented plans to increase the transparency of...