The 2013/14 General Medical Services contract: Implications for diabetes and obesity careGeneral Medical Services Contract • June 21st, 2013
The General Medical Services (GMS) contract is an agreement between individual general practices and their local primary care organisation, to provide services to patients that are defined as essential, additional or enhanced. The 2013/14 GMS contract, effective from 1 April this year, has been introduced against a background of considerable controversy. In England the Health and Social Care Act is also being implemented, with its emphasis on local commissioning, which may include diabetes services. Here, a brief overview is provided of the changes likely to have most effect on diabetes and obesity care.
General Medical Services contract (2015/2016)General Medical Services Contract • June 26th, 2021
The 2015/16 GMS contract includes the requirement for GP practices to offer and promote to patients: online appointment booking, repeat prescriptions and access to their detailed coded record (anything held in coded form within the patient electronic record).
Your GP and You:General Medical Services Contract • July 20th, 2016
A new General Medical Services (GMS) contract, developed in partnership with the Scottish GP Committee of the British Medical Association, has been agreed between the Scottish Government and Scotland’s GPs. It lays out a vision of a refocussed role for the GP which emphasises the collaborative nature of Primary Care and recognises the importance of multidisciplinary teams.
