From April 2026, updates included to help practices record/submit COVID vaccination data quickly and accurately. These updates ensure daily data flows to NHSE supporting the national programme. When recording a COVID vaccination in, extended qualifiers will be included: Eligibility – why the patient is being vaccinated Location – where the vaccination took place NHSE has advised future COVID vaccinations should be delivered in GP practices, rather than […]

The Royal College of General Practitioners has published the Fairer Practice Toolkit – a practical, evidence-informed resource to help general practices reduce health inequalities. Practices identify their own focus patient group – those most at risk of poor access and outcomes locally – and choose actions relevant to their context. The toolkit draws on research including […]

Do you have a new practice manager who is struggling to make sense of the practice finances? Are you between practice manager’s and struggling to muddle along? Would you benefit from some expert help? The most common issues include:  CQRS monthly submissions, year-end declarations, accepting new services PCSE GMS monthly statements Prescription statements Capital account […]

Higher Apprenticeships (Level 5) – Operations/Department Manager Level 5 apprenticeships are equivalent to a foundation degree or Higher National Diploma (HND), making them a valuable development route for experienced staff. Currently, these programmes benefit from up to 95% government funding, offering a highly cost-effective way to upskill your workforce. FROM SEPTEMBER 2026 GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS […]

Are you prepared and ready? April brings three big updates every UK small business must know, plus an increase to statutory pay increases. Statutory Sick Pay: Paid from Day 1of absence 📝 Paternity & Parental Leave: Day 1 Rights Collective Redundancy: 180 days’ pay Ensure your HR policies are updated in line with the new […]

From 6th April 2026, UK Employers will be required to to maintain adequate records of annual leave and holiday pay for a minimum of six years. What changes from 6 April 2026? Employers will now be legally required to keep “adequate records” demonstrating compliance with workers’ rights to paid annual leave. Records should include: Ordinary […]

Data from Sport England highlights direct cost savings to the NHS in the preventative treatment of depression (£13.8 million), type2 diabetes (£13.5 million) and in reduced GP & hospital visits (£9.2 million) as a result of people taking part in parkrun and the charity’s parkrun practice social prescribing programme with the RCGP. Over 2,000 practices […]

Additional opportunity based on practice’s making a significant improvement compared to the practices baseline. 2 calculations will apply to the 3 indicators Standard QOF calculation; or Improvement calculation – compares practice’s 2-year baseline, requires an improvement of a minimum of 5% points from the baseline in order to start qualifying and will be awarded on […]

    Retired indicators replaced with new indicators – CHD015, CHD016, DM012, HF003, HF006, HYP008, HYP009, NDH002, STIA014, STIA015 Existing register changes – asthma, to include patients from aged 5, COPD to address potential under/over recording New indicators – CD001/CD002 blood pressure control indicators, DM037 annual diabetes care processes indicator, HF009 four-pillar therapy in HF, […]

(measles, mumps, rubella and varicella) 2775081000000108 – MMRV  vaccination declined 2775091000000105 – MMRV  vaccination contraindicated 2775101000000102 – MMRV vaccination invitation These have been introduced to support the enhanced services, to document you have invited the patient, patient has declined or they have a contraindication – for completeness of the patient record.

Our popular annual QOF webinars are back. Despite there being so many more companies delivering these types of sessions or remain so popular because they are so straight forward – this session will cover the key GMS/QOF updates and prevalence considerations for 2026–27, helping practices plan effectively and maximise outcomes. We’ll distil the information down […]

This month we have seen a massive uptake of practice consultancy days and I completely understand why – practice managers have this need to keep every plate spinning, this super-being who is an expert in HR, IT, finance, business development, facilities, complaints, flu & COVID clinics to name but a few. The job has become […]

Following on from our article in last month’s edition, about the expansion of the RSV vaccine eligibility, it has been brought to our attention that the arrangements in Wales for this cohort is being managed differently. The Health Board’s Health Protection Operational team will assume responsibility for delivering the RSV programme to all care home […]

Please note, we have not used this product, however, having been asked about CoC calculators on multiple occasions, our research found a product which seems to be able to give practices the information they are seeking – and the best bit is it is free … University of Bristol have developed a new calculator allowing […]

I wonder if anyone has had any issues with CHOL004 (cholesterol to target) as the last part of the indicator reads –  for multiple readings on the latest date the LDL reading takes priority –  we have patients with an absence of LDL-c (too low to calculate) so just a non HDL. Because of this […]

(following a shared decision-making conversation) We are often asked questions around the patient choice pathway. This PCA criteria requires a personal contact or discussion recorded in the patient record, noting the reason for the intervention being declined. This contact may be face-to-face, video or telephone contact between the patient and a health professional. What does […]

From 1st January 2026 eligible children are now offered a combined MMRV vaccine instead of MMR as part of the childhood routine 2-dose vaccination schedule.  For QOF VI002 , both MMR or MMRV counts towards achievement. However, it was not possible to reflect this change in the business rules for the VI002 indicator for 2025/26. This […]

The news is out and there is lots of speculation around the changes, as well as news the BMA’s GP Committee have voted to reject the changes.  So this is what we know so far but subject to change … Below we have summarised what we know but this is just top level information at […]

We are receiving lots of queries around AST007, practices thinking they have achieved it, however, it is still outstanding. Ensure you have coded: Asthma review Written asthma care plan coded on the same day as the review Number of exacerbations coded up to 1 month before or on the same day as the review NOTE: […]