Personal medical services agreements

Section 7 - Appraisal funding
£13 million has been made available nationally to fund appraisal for PMS. £7.15 million is intended for PCO-administered resources and £5.85 million for contractor payments. This is based on a 55:45 proportional split of available funds, and the same method is being used in GMS.

PCOs will therefore retain 55% of the funding in order to make contributions to the costs of appraisers, as well as the appraisee costs of doctors directly employed by PCT and locum GPs. The remaining 45% of should be distributed to PMS contractors.

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