Fees for DVLA Reports

And more good news … From 1st January 2026, the fee for completing a DVLA form has increased to £50 (from £40) and from 1st April 2026, will increase to £62.50. The fee increase is so the service is more in line with the work required to complete the form. The BMA are...
Hints & Tips

Hints & Tips

Coils  – FP34D claims Our back-office coding team code lots of coils done outside of the practice.  To ensure you are correctly claiming for all coils in-house, we recommend to practices you exclude DocMAN user in your claim searches or output user so you can...
QOF Registers (Prevalence)

QOF Registers (Prevalence)

This year, the accuracy of your registers (prevalence) determine your income for 82% of your QOF income – 18% is based on practice population.  It is essential you validate your registers; if prevalence is lower than it should be, the value of the points you...
Recall Systems

Recall Systems

A robust recall system is a must – it ensures you meet your contractual obligation by extending invites to appropriate patients to manage long-term conditions and it also helps achieve targets, such as QOF, driving practice income. Recall systems can be very...
Safeguarding – Coding

Safeguarding – Coding

Due to the number of issues we identify around safeguarding, we have added a number of safeguarding resources to the Insight Portal this month- Child protection register Vulnerable adult register Patients aged 18+ with active child protection codes & patients...
Are you considering employing an apprentice?

Are you considering employing an apprentice?

Do you want to find out more about apprenticeships as an employer? Whether this is something you are thinking about doing imminently or it is just on your to-do list to find out more information for future workforce/succession planning, to find out more contact us...
Hints & Tips

Annual Declaration & NHS App Survey

NHS App Survey NHS Digital would like to understand practice opinions on patients being able to give feedback on the messages they receive through the NHS App. https://feedback.digital.nhs.uk/jfe/form/SV_daIW7zC5E1NumzQ Annual Declaration The 2025 Annual Practice...