Enhanced Services (DES, LES, Local Improvement Programmes)

Many practices have asked us why their monthly QOF aspiration payments have gone down. 71 points have been taken out of QOF year this compared to last year – aspiration payments are made based on previous achievement. This is the same this year but for a reduced number of points so you will see around […]

It seems you’ve missed us offering apprenticeships in general practice almost as much as we have – thank you for the great response following our re-launch and overview webinar last month. There has been a big push around apprenticeships and these are, once again, set to grow with so many younger people not wishing to […]

These figures are based on the average sized practice of 10184 patients – if you have more patients than average these figures will be increased, if you have less than average patients these figures will be decreased (depending on prevalence). If you don’t understand how this works (it can be really complicated), or you want […]

Sunday 1st Jun 2025 Keeping up-to-date with document workflow and ensuring as many documents are processed without clinical intervention seems to be one of your biggest issues currently. Do you have a backlog of documents awaiting processing which is keeping you awake at night? Do you have GP’s who are bogged down with admin and […]

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 at info@insightsol.co.uk The government have launched an ambitious new Skills Policy […]

The NHS is undergoing significant structural reforms, including plans to reduce the number of ICBs from 42 to between 23 and 28, alongside a 50% cut in their running costs. These changes are part of a broader initiative to streamline operations and address financial challenges within the health service. ICBs have been instructed to submit […]

71 less points to achieve for QOF this year – Does that make life easier in that this could mean less work? How much income is that for your practice? For the average practice, based on the non-weighted point value for 2025/26, this is just over £16,000. However, the increase in the global sum will […]

This functionality facilitates the automation of processing incoming pathology and radiology results. The rules created can assess the content of in-coming results against user-defined parameters to determine if it needs to be reviewed by a clinician or not, potentially saving your clinicians a great deal of admin processing time. These rules can support factors such […]

This ES is designed to foster greater working relationships between secondary and primary care, whereby a GP can seek pre-referral advice from a specialist. This may result in a referral not being required, however, where it is still required, it will ensure referrals are appropriately targeted and good quality. Runs from 1st April 2025 to […]

There has been one change to the advice for adult flu vaccines for 2025/26 recommended by JCVI as the adjuvanted influenza vaccine (aTIV) is now licensed from age 50 years and over.   There are no changes to eligible cohorts. Vaccination should commence from October 2025 and as many as possible should be completed by […]

Have you considered outsourcing any of your IT tasks? We work with many practices who need our services due to workforce shortages and skills gaps. How beneficial can this be to your business? Lower labour costs – you don’t pay employer NI, pension contributions, holiday or other absence costs. Training & development – we don’t need training, […]

An independent review, published by Professor Alice Sullivan, looking at data, statistics and research on sex and gender has identified a serious safeguarding risk in the current process of re-assigning gender and sex identity in medical records for children and young people. In response, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has directed […]

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a government initiative aimed at supporting the decarbonisation of heating systems in buildings, including GP practices in England and Wales. Through this scheme, GP practices can receive grants to replace fossil fuel heating systems, such as gas, oil, or electric, with greener alternatives like heat pumps or biomass boilers. Acting […]

Do you have a robust, confident system for targeting & claiming enhanced services? Enhanced service claims via CQRS/GPES are much smoother than they used to be and many practices have got their validation process all sorted. However, due to staff turnover mainly, we have received many requests over the last few months for an Enhanced […]

Employment Law Changes, April 2025 (summary) Statutory sick pay will increase to £118.75 per week (from £116.75) Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental pay will increase to £187.18 per week (from £184.30) Statutory redundancy pay will increase to £719 (from £700) National minimum wage Under age 18 – £7.55 per hour (from £6.40) Apprentices […]

Do you struggle to manage your monthly Enhanced Service Claims? Do you have a robust process for claims – DES/LES? Are you sure you are claiming for all services delivered? What is the financial impact of this? The financial impact of not claiming for all services delivered can be vast, however, many practices leave this […]

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 admin-hungry – a streamlined, robust recall system will improve efficiency and quality of […]

As always at this time of year, the devil is in the detail and the detail is yet to be released (guidance/business rules, etc). However, below is a summary of top level changes: Overall increase of £889 million across core contract & Network Contract DES (7.2% growth on funding) New advice & guidance DES worth […]

These can be created to run alongside the auto-review rules engine or they can be used to help prompt good practice in general. Essentially they are designed to alert you to something you may need to be aware of. An example of this (and one which is available for Insight Members to download from Your […]

There is still some confusion around PCA’s for medication indicators 2024/25, hope this summary helps – AF008: DOAC in first-line. If on Warfarin need a DOAC PCA Contraindicated Declined Not Indicated + Time In Therapeutic Range >=65% CHOL003: Statin or Alternative Lipid Lowering Therapy If taking alternative lipid lowering therapy needs a statin PCA (as […]