General Practice update - vaccinations, plan B, QoF and more
Join Andy and Gandhi for a General practice mega-update including all you need to know about changes to QoF, vaccinations, plan B and more.
Temporary GP contract changes to support COVID-19 vaccination programme
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00:00 Intro to mega-update
06:53 The NHS England letter
24:49 the QoF Points
39;25 Plan B
What is staying in QoF:
four vaccination and immunization indicators,
the two cervical screening indicators,
the register indicators
and the eight prescribing Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C1475 2 indicators
46 points reallocated:
the eight points associated with the new for 2021/22 cancer indicators,
20 points from the new for 2021/22 mental health indicators
and 18 points from the non-diabetic hyperglycaemia indicator that was introduced for 2020/21
Rest income protected to 18/19 years aside from DM and hypertension at 19/20 rates
Quality improvement is income protected at paid
Continue to code restarts in April 2022
75 points continue vax and screening continuing
90 points for prescribing continuing
81 points for registers continuing
46 with no historic values rolled into prescribing
244 points protected at 18/19 reimbursement
71 points protected at 19/20
74 points paid in full.
IIF
Three flu immunisations ares will continue
Remaining are suspended and will be paid (112.1m)
62.4m as a pcn support payment on weighted basis for services and workforce
49.7m binary indicator for engagement in phased 3 deadline 10.12 ~50k for a 50k population pending weighting
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Minor surgery covered 1.2.21-31.3.22 based on 18/19 data of same months and released capacity dedicated to vaccination aims
Defer over 75 health checks….
The Dispensary Services Quality Scheme will be amended to reduce the requirement for medication reviews from a minimum of 10% of dispensing patients to a minimum of 7.5% for 2021/22
Additional telephony support - MS Teams based, unclear how? Ends April 2023
Plan B
Vaccine passports - clubs and venues more than 500
Unseated outdoor more than 4k people or any venue more than 10k
From 15.12
Proof of vaccine status or negative test
Support work from home if able from 13.12
Mask wearing in shops, public transport and most indoor settings from yesterday
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