Following negotiations, NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee agreed changes to the contract for 2006/07.
The key changes are outlined below:
- no inflationary uplift for 2006/07
- new clinical areas and higher thresholds in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
- new investment in Directed Enhanced Services to support national priorities for patient services
- the introduction of a new patient experience survey which, for the first time, links patient experience to practice awards
- a new system for paying dispensing doctors that removes the link between pay and drug costs
For more details see
- Overview of Changes Introduced in 2006/07 (December 2005)
- detailed question and answers to support implementation (January 2006)
Last reviewed 11 Apr 2007
