LIST OF FEES AND ALLOWANCES - PARAGRAPH 1/SCHEDULE 1 - Payable from Apr 1 2000

01  Basic Practice Allowance

02  Additions to the Basic Practice Allowance

03  Associate Allowance

04  Deprivation Payments

05  Standard capitation fees

06  Child Health Surveillance Fee

07  Registration Fee

08  Night Payments

09  Childhood Immunisations Target Payments

10  Pre-School Booster Target Payments

11  Item of service carried out for public policy

12  Cervical Cytology Target Payments

13  Contraceptive services

14  Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management

15  Maternity Medical Services

16  Temporary Resident treatment

17  Emergency Treatment to a patient not on the list and not a temporary resident

18  Administering General Anaesthetic for a Second Practitioner

19a. Arrest of Dental Haemorrhage or for the provision of after care

19b. Removal of plugs and/or stitches only

20  Immediately Necessary Treatment

21  Postgraduate Education Allowance

22  The GP Registrar  Scheme

22  The Doctors' Retainer Scheme

23  Sustained Quality Scheme

24  Initial Practice Allowances

25  Minor Surgery

26  Rural Practice Payments

27  Drugs or appliances

28  Inducement Payments

29  Practitioners providing temporary cover

30  Locum allowance for single-handed practitioner in Rural areas attending educational courses

31  Additional payments during Sickness

32  Additional payments during Confinement

33  Prolonged Study Leave

34  Payments under the Rent and Rates Scheme

35  Payments under the Practice Staff Scheme

36  Improvement Grants

37  GP Computer Reimbursement Scheme

38  Capitation addition payable to doctors who provide cover for GMPs relieved of the responsibility of out-of-hours duties

LIST OF FEES AND ALLOWANCES (ALL RATES ARE £s PER YEAR EXCEPT WHERE MARKED †)

FEE OR ALLOWANCE     Expert [Download the Expert here first]

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

1. Basic Practice Allowance

 

12.1-9

a.   Maximum rate 1200 or more patients

8,736.00

 

b.   First 400 patients

3,640.00

 

c.   Each successive patient up to and including 600

      9.10

 

d.   Each successive patient up to and including 800

      7.28

 

e.   Each successive patient up to and including 1000

      5.46

 

f.    Each successive patient up to and including 1200

3.64

 

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

2. Additions (full rate) to the Basic Practice Allowance in respect of :

 

13.1-2

a.    Practice in a Designated area

 

14.1-10

       Type 1

4,220.00

 

       Type 2

6,435.00

 

b.    Seniority

 

16.1-17

       First payment after 6 years

   575.00

 

       Second payment after 13 years

       a total of

3,040.00

 

       Third payment after 19 years

       a total of

6,480.00

 

Fourth payment after 25 years

       a total of

7,885.00

 

c.    Employment of an Assistant (full time)

7,545.00

18.1-11

       or where the principal (or in a partnership all principals) receive(s) payment under item 2(a) above                           

10,565.00

 

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

3. Associate Allowance

 

19.1-22

a.    First year

31,870.00

 

b.    Second year

33,400.00

 

c.    Third  year

34,930.00

 

d.    Fourth  year          

36,460.00

 

e.    Fifth and subsequent years

38,295.00

 

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

4. Deprivation Payments

 

20.1-10

Ward based Payments (original system)

 

 

a.    for each patient resident in an area with ahigh level of deprivation

3.81

 

b.    for each patient resident in an area with a medium level of deprivation

2.86

 

c.    for each patient resident in an area with a low level of deprivation

2.20

 

Enumeration district based payments (new system)

 

 

a.    Band 4

26.32

 

b.    Band 3

17.55

 

c.    Band 2

11.69

 

d.    Band 1

7.82

 

(Payments where list sizes are above 2,500 are subject to conditions (see SFA))

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

5. Standard capitation fees for patients aged:

 

21.1-2

a.    Under 65

18.60

 

b.    65 - 74

24.50

 

c.    75 and over

47.50

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

6. Child Health Surveillance Fee

13.45

22.1-6

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

7. Registration Fee    †

8.20

23.1-5

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

8. Night Payments

 

24.1-13

a.Annual Payment

2,510.00

 

b.Consultation Fee    †

25.10

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE  

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

9. Target Payment for Childhood Immunisations:

 

25.1-10

Maximum sums payable to a  partnership with an average of 22 children aged 2 per practitioner

 

 

a.    Higher payment

2,730.00

 

b.    Lower payment

   910.00

 

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

10. Target Payment for Pre-School Booster:

 

26.1-9

Maximum sums payable to a partnership with an average of 22 children aged 5 per practitioner  

 

 

a.    Higher payment

810.00

 

b.    Lower payment

270.00

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

11. A fee for an item of service carried out for reason of public policy

 

27.1-4

Vaccination and Immunisation   Fee A

4.50

 

                                               Fee B

6.55

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE  

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Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

12. Target Payments for Cervical Cytology:

 

28.1-11

Maximum sums payable to a practitioner in a partnership with an average of 430 eligible women aged 25-64 per practitioner

 

 

a.    Higher payment

3,030.00

 

b.    Lower payment

1,010.00

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

13. Fee for provision of contraceptive services

 

29.1-12

a. Ordinary fee

17.30

29.2

b.Intrauterine device fee

57.65

29.3

                First quarter

43.25

 

                Second quarter

  4.80

 

                Third quarter

  4.80

 

                Fourth quarter

  4.80

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

14. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management:

 

30.1-18

14A. Health Promotion Activities

 

30.1-10

Annual payments for a practitioner with 1884 patients

2,615.00

30.13-14

(adjustments pro rata for other list sizes)

 

30.16-18

14B.       Chronic Disease Management Programme

 

30.1-2,

                Diabetes allowance

455.00

30.11-18

                Asthma allowance

455.00

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

15. Fees for the provision of Maternity Medical Services by a practitioner:

Col 15A   on the Obstetric List

Col 15B not on the Obstetric List

31.1-19

a.    Complete maternity medical services

216.00

126.00

 

b.    Ante-natal care:

 

 

 

women booking up to the 16th week of pregnancy 

116.65

  68.05

 

women booking from the 17th to the 30th week of pregnancy

87.50

  51.05

 

women booking from the 31st week of pregnancy

58.30

  34.00

 

c.    Miscarriage

  72.00

  45.00

 

d.    Care during confinement

49.70

28.80

 

e.    Complete post-natal care

49.70

35.30

 

f.    Partial post-natal care:

 

 

 

      (i)   each attendance

    6.60

4.65

 

           subject to a maximum of

  33.10

23.20

 

      (ii)  full post-natal examination

16.55

11.85

 

g.    Second practitioner called in to give anaesthetic

45.55

45.55

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

16. A fee for the treatment of a temporary resident who at the time of first obtaining treatment: †

 

32.1-13

a.    expects to remain in the district for not more than a further 15 days

10.95

 

b.    expects to remain in the district for not more than 15 days

16.45

 

c.    where the only treatment given is by telephone 

7.30

32.133.3

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

17. A fee for treatment given by a practitioner in an emergency to a patient not on his or her list and not eligible to be treated as a temporary resident: †

 

33.1-15

a.    emergency consultation

 

 

(1)    involving a night consultation

25.10

 

(2)    other

27.35

 

b.    Minor surgical operation requiring local orgeneral anaesthetic

27.35

 

c.    Treatment of fracture

27.35

 

d.    Reduction of dislocation

27.35

 

e.    Administration of general anaesthetic

45.55

 

A night consultation  fee may be paid as well as a fee under 17. b-e, as appropriate

 

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

18. A payment in cases in which the practitioner is required to provide the services of a second practitioner for the purposes of administering general anaesthetic except in connection with Maternity Medical Services   †

45.55

34.1-6

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

19. a.     Fee for the arrest of dental haemorrhage or for the provision of after care     †

27.35

35.1-2

      b.     fee for removal of plugs and/or stitches only    †

18.65

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

20. A fee for immediately necessary treatment given by a practitioner under Paragraph 4(4) or 4(5) of the Terms of Service

See relevant paragraphs

36.1-6

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

21.  Postgraduate Education Allowance

 

37.1-15

a.    Full allowance

2,735.00

 

b.    Level 1

   545.00

 

c.    Level 2

1,090.00

 

d.    Level 3

1,635.00

 

e.    Level 4

2,180.00

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

22. Payments under the Doctors' Retainer Scheme

51.95

39.1-4

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

23 Sustained Quality Scheme

725.00

40.1-2

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

24. Initial Practice Allowances

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24A -    Maximum allowance pa

24B -    Amount to be compared with total reckonable income in previous years

41.1-21

a.  Type 1

 

 

 

First Year

28,020

----

 

Second year

18,680

29,490

 

Third year

    9,340

29,490

 

Fourth year

    4,670

29,490

 

b.  Type 2

 

 

 

First practitioner

  73,465

 

 

Two partners - joint net income

129,975

 

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

25. Minor Surgery    †

135.20

42.1-6

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

26. Rural Practice Payments (RPP): Unit Value     † (for England and Wales)

0.219

43.1-18

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

27. Payments in respect of drugs or appliances 

See SFA 44.1-14 and Sched.1-6

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

28. Inducement Payments    †

Individual assessments

45.1-6

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

29. Payments to practitioners providing temporary cover

 

46.1-10

Maximum annual rate (75% of IANI)

42,383

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

30. Locum allowance for single-handed practitioner in rural areas attending educational courses     †

A maximum of 850.00a week

47.1-15

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

31. Additional payments during sickness    †

A maximum of 850.00 a week

48.1-35

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

32. Additional payments during confinement     †

A maximum of 850.00 a week

49.1-18

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

33. Prolonged Study Leave

 

50.1-18

(1)    Educational allowance     †

119.80

 

(2)    Locum allowance     †

A maximum of 850.00 a week

 

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

34. Payments under the Rent and Rates Scheme

 

51.1-51.60

51.52.18

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

35. Payments under the Practice Staff Scheme

 

52.1-37

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

36. Improvement Grants

 

56.1-18

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

37. GP Computer Reimbursement Scheme

 

58.1-22

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

38. Capitation addition payable to doctors who provide cover for GMPs relieved of the responsibility of out-of-hours duties

3.70

82.1-3

FEE OR ALLOWANCE

Payable from 1 Apr 2001

SFA paragraph

39. GP Superannuable Remuneration Group 3 Payments: new rate to be notified separately

 

Paragraph 1 Schedule 1A

Book Title: The Red Book