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General medical services contract
Details of the General Medical Services contract, the supporting documentation and contract news and updates are available on these pages.
Focus on how your practice is funded - October 2008
This guidance note has been produced by the General Practitioners Committee to help GPs, practice managers and LMC staff understand how individual practices receive funding under the GMS contract, and is one of a series of guidance notes on the GMS contract.
This letter gives details of the agreement that has been reached with the NHS Employers about the GP contract for 2009/10.
GMS contract 2009-10 - Letter from Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman, GPCGeneral Medical Practitioners pay recommendation 2009-10
This joint letter to the Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) expresses wishes of the Health Departments, NHS Employers and GPC that the DDRB make a recommendation on the level of overall uplift to be applied to GMS contract payments for 2009-10.GMS contract negotiations - Agreement 2009-10
This joint paper documents the 2009-10 changes that have been agreed between NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee.How is General Practice funded?
This briefing paper gives an outline of some of the services provided by general practitioners within the General Medical Services (GMS) contract and the way general practice is funded.Letter from the GPC chairman to all GPs in England, August 2008
In recent weeks there have been several important developments in a number of areas affecting GPs in different ways in each of the four countries.Interview with GP leader on LMC Conference and Support Your Surgery campaign
Dr Laurence Buckman rounds up the news from the 2008 conference, held on 12 and 13 June, and talks about the million strong petition handed into Downing Street.BMA Support Your Surgery campaign - phase two
To launch phase two we are focussing on informing patients and the public across England of the implications of Government plans for primary care.Focus on extended access 2008/09 - commencing 1 April 2008
This guidance has been produced by the GPC to help GPs and LMCs understand the changes that have been made to the GMS contract for 2008/09.Changes to the national GP contract, a joint statement from NHS Employers and GPC
On 3 April NHS Employers and the BMA’s GPs Committee announced that they have reached a settlement on the key changes to the GMS contract for 2008/9.GP contract 2008-09 – 1 April 2008
As GPs will be aware, the new contract year started on 1 April 2008 and many will be wondering what the situation is with final details of the 2008/09 contract.GP contract: poll outcome
The outcome of the General Practitioners Committee poll on contractual options for 2008 - 2009 was announced on 6 March 2008.The value of general practice: the facts
This fact sheet has been produced by the GPC to clarify the facts about why and how the GP contract was introduced and the benefits to patient care it has delivered.Extended hours - BMA's fight to defend general practice goes on
The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee met on 7 February to discuss the BMA’s ongoing response to the Government’s proposed changes to the GP contract in 2008.Quality of care and GP opening hours - protecting the NHS
A letter from the BMA to patients explaining the position on extended opening hours, January 2008Extended hours – GP leader responds to Government’s letter to GPs
Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s GPs Committee, outlines the BMA’s significant concerns about the Government’s proposed changes
The GP chairman answers questions about the impact on patient care and the profession of the decision to impose changes - available as a webcast and a podcast.
Imposed changes to the GP contract - BMA's GP leader answers members questionsThe new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract and careers: a view from the educationalists
This position paper was complied by the general practitioner committee's education and professional development subcommittee and is intended as a resource for GPs and practices and covers the career structure aspects under the new GMS contractContract supporting documentation
Documents issued to support the new GMS contractGlobal sum formula review - report and consultation, September 2007
The results of the consultation of the report 'Review of the General Medical Services global sum formula'.Focus on how to access information, updated August 2006
This guidance note has been produced by the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) to help GPs and Local Medical Committees (LMCs) manoeuvre around the new contract documents and information sources more easily.Revisions to the GMS contract, 2006/07 - Delivering investment in general practice
As part of the original contract negotiations, it was agreed that we would review the contract for 2006. This document outlines the changes that have been agreed by NHS Employers, the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) and the health departments of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the first stage of that process, which will come into effect on 1 April 2006.Revisions to the GMS contract 2006-07 - Delivering investment in general practice - Supplementary guidance England only
This document is a supplement to the guidance detailing changes to the General Medical Services (GMS) contract for 2006/07 that was released in February 2006. This includes details of the publication of the directed enhanced service (DES) Directions and an statement of financial entitlements (SFE) amendment to support the new DESs in England, and also further clarifies some aspects of the DESs.Focus on revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07
This focus on revisions to the general medical services (GMS) contract includes a background and summary, two-stage review, inflationary cost pressures, efficiency savings, contractor population index, normalisation, enhanced services floors, maternity, vaccinations and immunisations, managing practice lists and what can local medical committees do?Investing in general practice - the new general medical services contract, February 2003
Details of the new general medical services contract.Implementation Coordination Group
The group has been re-established so that the GPs committee and the Department of Health can be involved in local disagreements with primary care organisations.
Implementation Coordination Group - Terms of reference and protocolImplementation Coordination Group - Summary of past decisions
This is the first of a series of communications to share information on decisions made at ICG to a wider audience. The ICG has recently received a significant nubmer of queries relating to enhanced services therefore these cases are particularly highlighted in this briefing.Implementation Coordination Group (ICG) - case submission form
This form is to be used by the LMC when submitted a dispute to ICG and must be completed in full.
Online video clip
- Dr Laurence Buckman explains some of the implications of the agreement which has been reached with NHS Employers about the GP contract for 2009/10
View the webcast here
QOF guidance
Quality and outcomes framework guidance updatesRead more here
Support your surgery
The BMA campaign to promote and defend NHS general practiceGo to the campaign website