2003 - General practitioners
Enhanced services funding, letter from John Hutton, 14 May 2003
A letter to Dr John Chisholm on enhanced services fundingFocus on quality payments, October 2003
This guidance note is the second in a series focusing on the quality and outcomes framework in the new GMS contract.Quality information preparation
A paper from the General Practitioners Committee giving a model for a directed enhanced service for quality information preparation. Includes aims, service protocols, review, benchmark pricing.GP registrar salaries, 2003/2004
Payments in respect of the GP registrar scheme Updated 3 November 2003 A £ B £ 1. House Officer (=SHO) 23,938 39,498* 2. 1st Year SHO 23,938 39,498* 3. 2nd Year SHO 25,543 42,146* 4. 3rd YeaGMS2 update, 11 August 2003
GMS2 update on the implementation of the new GMS contract.Pay rise should help recruitment, 25 June 2003
Press release - Pay rise should help recruitment 25 June 2003 Family doctors in training - GP registrars - are to get a pay rise of 13.55% in the current financial year. The news follows publicatioonFocus on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, September 2003
This guidance note has been produced by the General Practitioners Committee to help GPs and Local Medical Committees with the quality and outcomes framework under the new GMS contract, and is the first of a series of guidance notes focussing on quality.Information Technology and the new GMS contract, letter from John Hutton 1 May 2003
Download the letter from John Hutton in pdf format.Access to general medical services
Access to general medical services Specification for a Directed Enhanced Service April 2003 Introduction 1. There is increasing evidence that patients value improved access to primary care services.Contract briefing on DDRB, 15 Sept 2003
New GMS contract briefing on DDRB. Includes the following - DDRB endorses joint evidence; Implementation; Cost of opting out of out-of-hours services; Flu immunisation; Disease prevalence for the quality and outcomes framework; MPIG; Enhanced Services; IT FundingCrisis in care: a GP dossier
This dossier contains a snapshot view of the way family doctors are feeling around the UK.Don't treat us as second class doctors, 8 May 2003
Press release - Don't treat us as second class doctors 8 May 2003 GP Registrars, following the hospital component of their training alongside junior doctors planning a career in other specialities,Election of the Chairman of the General Practitioners Committee
Election statements for Dr Laurence Buckman and Dr Hamish MeldrumFocus on funding for Information Management and Technology, 2nd update
This is the second guidance note produced by the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) to help GPs and Local Medical Committees (LMCs) understand the funding arrangements for Information Management and Technology under the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract,Focus on funding for information management and technology, September 2003
Guidance on funding for information management and technology in general practice.Focus on GMS indicative contractor budgets
This guidance note has been produced by the General Practitioners Committee to help LMCs and GMS practices prepare for the distribution of indicative contractor budgets to practices. It is one of a series of guidance notes about the new GMS contract.Focus on the nature of the contract and partnerships
This guidance note has been produced by the General Practitioners Committee to help explain the issues relating to the nature of the new GMS contract to GPs and Local Medical Committees, and is one of a series of guidance notes on the new contract.GMS2 update, 1 October 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new contract.GMS2 update, 11 November 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new GMS contract.GMS2 update, 17 July 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new GMS contract.GMS2 update, 24 October 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new GMS contract.GMS2 update, 25 July 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new GMS contract.GMS2 update, 8 December 2003
GMS2 update on implementation of the new contract.gp vacancy survey, 28 Jan 2003
GP vacancy survey 28 January 2003 Download as PDF (38 kb) Dr John Chisholm and Dr Hamish Meldrum at the launch of the GP vacancy survey GP vacancy survey methods The following questions were posed toImplementing the new GMS contract - letter, 19 Nov 2003
Implementing the new GMS contract A joint letter to all GPs & Primary Care Organisations from the chairman of the GPC and the chairman of the NHS Confederation 19 November 2003 Dear colleague Since tImportant information about the new GP contract & voting, 3 June 2003
Important information about the new GP contract & voting 3 June 2003 To all GP Registrars in the UK Dear Colleague General practice is at a crossroads. GP registrars are being asked to vote on thJohn Chisholm's letter to GPs on the global sum, 11 March 2003
Letter from GPC chairman, John Chisholm, regarding weighted practice list and estimated 2004/05 global sum.Joint letter from the GPC and the NHS Confederation, 30 May 2003
Joint letter from the GPC and the NHS Confederation to all GPs clarifying aspects of the new GMS contract.Joint letter on the minimum practice income guarantee, 17 April 2003
Joint letter on the minimum practice income guarantee (MPIG) from the Chairman of the GPC and the Chair of the NHS Confederation negotiating teamLetter from Dr Chisholm, 30 May 2003
Letter from the chairman of the General Practitioners Committee to all GPs.Letter from John Chisholm accompanying the issue of the General Medical Services contract 2003
This is the covering letter for the new general medical services contract "Investing in general practice" issued in 2003. The letter contains PDF downloads of the contract and a link to supporting information for Scotland.Letter from the GPC chairman, 11 April 2003
Letter from the GPC chairman updating progress with areas of the new contract.LMC conference 2003 - supplementary agenda
Annual Conference of Local Medical Committees 2003 Supplementary agenda and report Read the text or download as a pdf file This supplementary agenda contains all items received by the GPC office byLMC special conference 2003 - agenda
Special conference of LMCs 14 May 2003 To be held on 14 May 2003 at 9.30am at the New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA Download special conference agenda (27LMC Special Conference 2003 - chairman's speech
The speech given by Dr John Chisholm at the Special Conference of Representatives of Local Medical Committees on 14 May 2003.LMC special conference 2003 - supplementary agenda
Special conference of LMCs - supplementary agenda 14 May 2003 To be held on 14 May 2003 at 9.30am at the New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA Download specialMessage from the GPC chairman, 4 April 2003
Message from GPC chairman further to the statement of 26 March from the GPC negotiators.Minimum practice income guarantee guidance
Minimum practice income guarantee guidancePatient experience questionnaires, April 2003
Links to websites with patient questionnairesPersonal medical services GPs and the new GMS contract, 5 June 2003
Letter from John Hutton, Minister for Health, regarding personal medical services GPs and the new GMS contract.Seniority payments letter, November 2003
Seniority payments: timing of payments and authentication of NHS reckonable service, a letter from Rob Webster Director of primary care contract implementationSpecial LMC conference called, 7 April 2003
Press release - special LMC conference called Monday 7 April 2003 A special conference of Local Medical Committee (LMC) representatives will take place on Wednesday 14 May 2003 following calls fStatement from the GPC negotiators, 26 March 2003
Statement from the GPC negotiators regarding previously circulated information about indicative weighted practice populations and estimated global sums.
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