nGMS Legislation, Policy and Guidance

Legislation

A digital version of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 is available from the Office of the Queen's printer for Scotland website. To view a copy click here.

Policy (see also archive documents)

Below is a list of the latest policy documents issued by the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) for the new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract for the NHS in Scotland.

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PCA(M)(2006)8 Publication of Revision to the GMS Contract 2006/7 - Delivering Investment in General Practice: Scottish Guidance word document 27/04/2006
PCA(M)(2006)7 nGMS Contract - Minor Revisions to Directed Enhanced Services (DES) Specifications 2006/07 word document 27/04/2006
PCA(M)(2006)3 Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services)(Scotland)
Directions 2006		 word document 11/04/2006
CMO (2006)5 Routine Flu Immunisation for Poultry Workers pdf file 11/04/2006
NHS Circular PCA(M)(2006)4 nGMS Contract Review - Agreement between NHS Employers and GPC on Revisions for 2006/07 word document 30/3/2006
PCA(M)(2006)01 THE PRIMARY MEDICAL SERVICES (SCOTLAND) ACT
2004 (MODIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1978 ORDER
2006 - SSI 2006 NO.30		 pdf file 16/3/2006
CMO(2006)01 GP (General Practitioner) Register. pdf file 12/1/2006
PCA(M)(2005)13 General Medical Services:
Statement of Financial Entitlements: paragraph 18: dispensing 		pdf file 10/1/2006
       

Related Policy Documents (see also archive documents)

For information on the Section 17C Agreement regulations please visit the Section 17C page of the Scottish Executive Health Department's (SEHD) website.

Guidance

The following table sets out the individual chapters for "Implementing the new GMS contract in Scotland" which provides the guidance for the implementation of the new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract in NHS Scotland. This guidance has been agreed jointly by the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) and the Scottish General Practitioners Committee (SGPC) of the British Medical Association.

Implementing the nGMS contract in Scotland

All Chapters All chapters (compressed in a zip file for quick download) zipfile icon  
Chapter 1 Introduction word icon  
Chapter 2 Flexible provision of services word icon  
Chapter 3 Improving quality word icon  
Chapter 4 Modernising infrastructure word icon  
Chapter 5 Financing primary medical services word icon  
Chapter 6 Contracting process  
Chapter 7 Implementation schedule word icon  

 

Further Information

If you require further information regarding the legislation and guidance for the General Medical Services Contract please contact the Pay Modernisation Team on 0141 242 5851 .

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