Funding
- Seniority payments phased out.
- 1% pay increase.
- Increase in global sum from £73.56 to £75.77.
- QOF point value increasing from £156.92 to £160.15.
Services
- Learning disabilities enhanced service extended.
- Extended hours enhanced service extended.
- Avoiding unplanned admissions enhanced service discontinued.
- Changes to vaccinations service specifications.
- Patient participation enhanced service discontinued.
- Alcohol enhanced service discontinued.
IT requirements
- Requirement to include the NHS number in all NHS correspondence.
- Requirement to enable automated uploads to the summary care record.
- Requirement to use GP2GP record transfer for all registrations.
- Requirement to offer online booking of prescriptions and appointments.
- Prepare for online record access.
Other changes
- Requirement to have named GPs.
- Publication of GP net earnings.
- Practices entitled to reimbursement of the cost of GP cover for maternity, paternity or adoption leave of £1,131.74 for the first two weeks and £1,734.18 thereafter.
- Armed forces personnel within a cohort to be registered with a GP practice for longer than three months and up to a maximum of two years.