We’ve asked members of the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA) for tips and advice on the finance issues relating to funding for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. In this 20-minute vlog they tackle some of the burning questions you’ve been asking on this forum thread: Finance clinic on everything COVID – Ask your questions…

There was a headline in the GP press recently that stated that, in real terms, GP partners’ income in 2018/19 was 10% below the figure recorded a decade earlier in 2008/9 (according to “official” data for England). But as is always the case with statistics, averages never tell the whole story. I know of practices,…

And the answer is a resounding YES! ePACT2! If you’re wondering what on earth we’re talking about, you’re definitely not the only one. Practice managers have signed up to our toolkit in droves. But there are still a significant number of PMs who are scratching their heads, wondering why we keep asking if they have…

Have you ever longed to master the dark art of claiming ‘personally administered’ items? If so, we might have just the thing for you! Claiming personally administered (PA) items can be fraught with difficulty. For example, do you know what you can claim and how much you’ll be paid? Do you know whether you can…

It’s now a couple of months since Primary Care Networks (PCNs) came into being, and by now practices will have received their first payments via Open Exeter (at the end of July). To assist your planning further, especially considering the mountains of PCN admin that’s been put on us, the Practice Index PLUS PCN finance document…

Things are moving fast – some would say too fast – in establishing primary care networks.  Amidst all the speculation and comment in the rush to get the networks set up, it is essential that practices understand what they are signing up to. Specialist medical accountant Bob Senior explains what to watch out for. Don’t…

Just before Christmas, NHS Digital published the NHS Payments to General Practice, England, 2017/18 report. Now in its fifth year of publication, this provides in-depth information on payments to providers of general practice services in England in the past financial year. The report covers payments to 7,543 general practice service providers across England. Details published include a…