Agenda item
PRIMARY MEDICAL SERVICES REVIEW
The Board to receive a report on Primary Medical Services Review.
Minutes:
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.
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