Childhood Immunisation Changes – January 2026
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...
Advice & Guidance Update – Funding Cap Lifted for 2025/26
We’ve heard on the grapevine NHS England is lifting the financial cap for Advice & Guidance (A&G) activity, effective this year. This means practices will be fully funded for all A&G activity undertaken throughout 2025/26. The existing local payment...
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
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?
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...
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...
GP Funding Formula Review – Carr-Hill Formula
The current formula for distributing primary care funding, known as the Carr-Hill formula is based on old data, some of which is 25 years old. This is the largest income stream for most practices. The review is expected to; Identify a new allocation formula Assess the...
Changes to Shingles vaccination programme
From 1 September 2025, patients aged 18+ who are severely immunosuppressed will qualify for the Shingles vaccination programme (previously 50 years +). Patients will be offered 2 doses of the non-live shingles vaccine, Shingrix, with the second dose given 8 weeks to 6...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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