GPC England has voted to accept the proposed contract for 2025-26 with contingency

GPC England has agreed in principle to accept proposed amendments to the 2025/26 GP GMS contract following two months of intense negotiations with the Government.? The contract, which includes an overall funding uplift of £969m for the 2025/26 contract will be accepted providing the Government commits to a full renegotiation of the new national contract, beginning within this Parliament.

We have stipulated that this commitment must be confirmed in writing ahead of the Special LMC Conference on Wednesday, 19 March 2025. The BMA is no longer in dispute with the Government and NHS England and is therefore not currently directing practices to collectively take action. As you’d expect from your union, the BMA continues to recommend ways for practices to manage patient care safely and ensure long-term sustainability.

The 2025-26 GP Contract (England)

These are the key headlines from the 25-26 GP contract changes:

£969 million new investment uplift – comprises £889m additional core contract funding and £80m for use of e-RS advice and guidance between GPs and consultants.
This investment is on top of the £433m added to the contract during autumn last year.?
Enhancement of ARRS, with GPs and practice nurses added in to the main scheme, minimum GP salary + on-cost reimbursement increased in line with the BMA salaried GP pay range and with no caps on numbers?
Enhanced service for ‘pre-referral’ advice and guidance with a £20 item of service fee payment per request?by GPs
Restoration / uplift of SFE payments (sickness/parental leave cover) in line with 2025-26 real-terms values (compared to 2018/19), including locum reimbursements and childhood vaccination payments.