Contract Monitoring and Business Support Team structure

Finance Department

Corporate Affairs Directorate consultation on structures below 3rd tier - rationale and job summaries

Directorate of Corporate Affairs draft structure below 3rd tier

Commissioning Directorate job profiles

Commissioning Directorate

Operations Directorate - Proposed Service & Professional Development Division

City-wide Lead Nurse for Cancer Job Profile

NEW GMS CONTRACT GUIDANCE NOTES:

GPC Focus On ...

Focus on Read Codes (February 2007)

Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework Management and Analysis System (QMAS)(February 2007)

Focus on QOF payments (February 2007)

Focus on the Patient Experience Survey (PES) (updated December 2006)

Focus On Excessive Prescribing (November 2006)

Focus on SFE changes 2006-07 (England)(April 2006)

Focus on Access 2006/07 (March 2006)

Focus on revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07 (March 2006)

Focus on Choice and Booking DES (March 2006)

Focus on Towards Practice Based Commissioning DES (Feb 2006)

Focus On the QOF Framework 2006

Focus on Salaried GPs (June 2004)

Focus on Sale of Goodwill (June 2004) and

Sale of Goodwill - Department of Health guidance (April 2004)

Focus on Private Practice (June 2004)

Focus on Vaccinations and Immunisations (April 2004)

Focus on Exception Reporting (February 2004)

Focus on Patient Registration (April 2004)

Focus on Practice Staff under the new contract (February 2004)

Focus on choice of Nationally Accredited Systems (February 2004)

Focus on Practice Premises

Focus on enhanced services (January 04)

Focus on funding for IMT (September 2003)

Focus on funding for IMT - 2nd guidance

Focus on funding the new contract (October 2003)

Focus on nature of the contract and partnerships (September 2003)

Other GMS contract guidance notes:

Primary Medical Contracts - Who can hold what?  GPC guidance for GPs (February 2007)

Guidance for negotiating fees for locum services in general practice (BMA Professional Fees Committee)(January 2007)

Guidance on Exception Reporting - BMA/NHS Employers (October 2006)

Identifying services that should not be provided by GPs under primary medical services - GPC guidance for GPs (August 2006)

Implementing the IM&T DES:  Data Accreditation -GPC/NHS Employers Guidance (April 2006)

SFE - consolidated from 1st April 2006

QOF comparison - Coventry LMC's summary of points 2004/2006 - 2006/2007

Revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07

Summary of GMS contract review negotiations 2005/06

GPC letter dated 19th December 2005 about review of the nGMS contract

QOF points removal, redistribution, assignment w.e.f. April 2006

New GMS Contract & Changes to the GP Premises Funding Arrangements

MPIG (Minimum Practice Income Guarantee) - GPC Guidance

Update on Patient Experience Section - Quality and Outcomes Framework and Patient Surveys (June 2004)

Regulations/Statutory Instruments/Directions:

Regulations - Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 291- The NHS (GMS Contracts) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instrument No. 433 - The GMS Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

Delivering Investment in General Practice - Implementing the new GMS contract (Guidance on the new GMS contract) (December 2003)

The NHS Act 1977 - The Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2004

The NHS Act 1977 - NHS (General Medical Services - Premises Costs) Directions 2004

PMS:

Focus on PMS (January 2004)

Sustaining Innovation through New PMS Arrangements - 23/12/03

PMS Agreements - GPC Guidance (September 2004)

GPC statement on PMS Uplift for 2005/06

Mental Health issues:

Manchester Inpatient Mental Health Services - Discussion Document (August 2005)

A Thematic Analysis of Responses to the Re-engineered Community Mental Health Services Discussion Paper (April 2005)

Pensions:

Tax status of employer contributions for General Medical Practitioners in the NHS Pension Scheme

HMRC ruling on contributions to NHS Scheme and the GP Pensionable Profits Certificate

Annual Certificate of Pensionable Profits (December 2005)

Supplementary Explanatory Notes for completion of Annual Certificate of Pensionable Profits

GPC Note on Non-GP partners' pension contributions and tax relief (March 2005)

Miscellaneous:

Prescribing and the primary and secondary care interface (GPC guidance for GPs)(February 2007)

Collaborative Arrangements - BMA guidance (January 2007)

Charges to NHS Patients - GPC guidance to GPs (January 2007)

GP returners - BMA guidance (updated December 2006)

Primary Medical Services contracts:  advertising and appeal - GPC guidance for GPs (September 2006)

BMA legal advice regarding negotiation of fees under collaborative arrangements (September 2006)

Implications of the new age discrimination legislation - GPC guidance (August 2006)

"Health Reform in England:  update and commissioning framework" - GPC summary/analysis of new policy developments in relation to Practice Based Commissioning (August 2006)

Identifying services that should not be provided by GPs - GPC guidance (August 2006)

Pandemic Flu: Infection Control for General Medical Practices - GPC/RCGP Interim Guidance (May 2006)

PBC:  The Commissioning Plan and an Agreement with the PCT - GPC Guidance for GPs (May 2006)

Manchester NHS Informatics General Practice Equipment Disposal Procedure (March 2006)

PBC: Division of Freed Up Resources -GPC guidance (April 2006)

NHS Connecting for Health - Creating Connections for Care: a practical guide to NHS Connecting for Health for primary care teams (April 2006)

Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) - GPC Guidance for GPs (April 2006)

Practice Based Commissioning - GPC guidance on consortium working (April 2006)

Service Continuity Planning Framework - GPC/RCGP - worked example (January 2006)

Primary Care Emergency Planning Toolkit to assist GPs in preparing a Service Continuity Plan - (January 2006)

Overseas visitors - who is eligible for NHS treatment? - GPC guidance (April 2006)

NHS LIFT - Local Improvement Finance Trust (England only) - GPC guidance for GPs (April 2006)

Referrals to complementary therapists - GPC guidance for GPs (March 2006)

The suspended GP - GPC guidance for GPs (March 2006)

Connecting for Health - Proposal for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoc) (March 2006)

Financial implications of increasing list size - GPC guidance (February 2006)

Disability Rights Commission - You can make a difference - improving primary care services for disabled people (February 2006)

Medical partnerships under the NHS - GPC guidance (February 2006)

Partnership Agreements - GPC Guidance for GPs (February 2006)

Referral management - GPC FAQs (January 2006)

Allergy recording in GP clinical systems - GPC advice (January 2006)

GPC guidance - Patients presenting with dental problems:  GP responsibilities (December 2005)

Focus on Agenda for Change - GPC guidance (December 2005)

Central PCT - Sexual Health LES specification (November 2005)

Job Planning - BMA guidance (November 2005)

Jury service- BMA guidance (November 2005)

Hepatitis B immunisation for employees at risk (November 2005)

Freedom of Information - GPC guidance (revised August 2005)

MDU letter dated 30th July, 2005: Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information Code of Practice

Improving local representation of salaried and freelance GPs - Guidance for GPs (June 2005)

Removal of patients from GP lists (April 2005)

Medical Performers List for GPs applying as individuals (April 2005)

Guidance on payments for vaccines (produced and shared by Kent LMC) (April 2005)

Treating patients in private hospitals, nursing and residential homes - GPC guidance (March 2005)

DoH - Making Practice Based Commissioning a reality (February 2005)

Practice Based Commissioning - DoH technical guidance

Model GP retainer scheme contract (January 2005)

DoH- Practice Based Commissioning - Promoting clinical engagement (December 2004)

Focus on Dealing with the Media (December 2004)

DoH GP appraisal guidance

Agenda for Change - joint GPC/RCN letter - (23rd November 2004)

GPC guidance on appraisal funding (October 2004)

Practice Based Commissioning - DoH guidance

Practice Based Commissioning - GPC guidance for LMCs

Practice Based Commissioning - NHS Confederation guidance

The 5th Shipman Report - GPC Summary

NHS LIFT Leaseplus agreement - GP guidance

GPs with Special Interests

Medical Information and Insurance - joint guidelines from BMA and ABI

Disability Discrimination Act: physical adjustments to GP premises - GPC guidance for GPs

Golden Hello Scheme - revised guidance from 29/11/02

Flexible Career Scheme

NHS GP Delayed Retirement Scheme

National Service Frameworks- a practical aid to implementation in primary care.

General Practice Premises Improvement

Independent General Practitioners Association - response to the GPC and NHS Confederation proposals for the new GP contract

Good Practice Guidelines for General Practice - Electronic Patient Records

NHS LIFT

NHS LIFT SSDP (you will need WinZip for this link - see below)

Download WinZip Evaluation Version

Appraisal and Revalidation

Guidance on appraisal for GPs working in the NHS

Shifting the Balance of Power

National Survey of GP Opinion - Manchester Results - Top-line report

National PMS Development Team - Listening Events Feedback Report

Reforming Emergency Care

The Future of GP Practice Premises - Guidance for GPs

Department of Health - NHS LIFT

CHI - GPs' obligations - GPC Guidance

The Single Assessment Process

Implementing the Out Of Hours Review

Implementing the OOH Review (Raising Standards for Patients- New Partnerships in Out-of-Hours Care)- Three Year Planning Guidance