To further enhance understanding the nGMS & PMS contracts, Frequently Asked Questions from the Helpline have been collated, with quality-assured answers provided by the Department of Health (DH). Topics of relevance to Nursing topics include:
General
Flexible Provision of Services
Improving Quality: QOF, QUIP, aspiration, prevalence, QMAS
Modernising infrastructure: performers list, staff & skill mix, work life balance, recruitment & retention, pensions, premises, maintenance and IT
Financing Primary Medical Services: SFE, Allocations, OOH Development fund, global sum, MPIG
Contracting process: standard contract, negotiation, dispute resolution
Implementation: conferences, helpline, guidance
