Covid-19: Payment to general practices to deliver vaccines to be cut by 25%

The payment that general practices will receive for administering covid-19 vaccines during the upcoming autumn booster rollout will be reduced by a quarter, NHS England has decided.1Practices previously received £10.06 (€11.65; $12.80) for each vaccination administered to each patient.2 However, under the new enhanced service specification practices will receive £7.54 per vaccination per patient from 1 September 2023, unless the patient is housebound, whereby the practice will receive £10.00. This contract runs until 31 March 2024.The BMA has argued that NHS England’s decision to “significantly reduce” the fee “undervalues general practice and threatens the safety of vulnerable patients.”The final decision on the fee was made after talks between the BMA and NHS England, during which the BMA said it had “made clear that many practices would find it difficult to deliver the covid vaccination programme this autumn with a 25% fee reduction.”Commenting on the move, the BMA’s newly elected chair…
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