The Board to receive a report on Primary Medical Services Review.

Jerry Clough, Director of the Western Locality, NEW Devon CCG provided the Board with a presentation on Personal Medical Services (PMS) Review.  It was reported that –

(a)           Personal Medical Services (PMS) and General Medical Services (PMS) are the two main contract types for general practice;

(b)          the PMS review removes all practices to an equivalent level of funding for their provision of core services;

(c)           the funding that a PMS or GMS practice would receive was weighted for workload and unavoidable costs;

(d)          GP practices that were currently funded above average would see a reduction in the funding that their practice receives.

The main areas of questioning from the Board related to the following –

(e)        impact on the hospital as a result of the PMS Review and how this             would be evaluated;

(f)          how the PMS Review links into the  Success Regime.

The board noted the PMS Review.