General practices can choose to provide or opt out of certain additional services. These services were traditionally included in the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, with practices losing a percentage of their global sum if they opted out. However, recent changes have updated these provisions.
Previously, additional services that practices could opt out of included:
Opting out of these services resulted in a reduction in a practice’s global sum:
Recent changes have affected both the scope of these services and their financial impact:
According to the August 2024 Standard General Medical Services (GMS) Contract, the additional services currently included in the contract are:
According to the August 2024 Standard General Medical Services (GMS) Contract, practices that choose to opt out of providing certain additional services will face deductions from their global sum funding. The financial penalties for opting out are as follows:
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