The Minster Practice, Lichfield

The practice's current contract is for Personal Medical Services (PMS). This is a pilot type of contract introduced by the Government in waves. Department of Health (DoH) figures show the following numbers of GPs.

The practice contracts to provide agreed services to agreed quality standards in return for a budget for 2003/04 of £185,954 to cover staff salaries, Health Centre rent & rates, various other expenses plus a "profit" element for the business. The "take home" pay of the doctors is the difference between this practice income and the expenditure incurred in running "the business". It is the role of the practice manager to keep "the business" solvent so that the doctors can concentrate on the provision of quality medical services.

The new General Medical Services (GMS) contract (quoted in the press as the new GP contract) should build on the best of PMS leading to quality medical services being directly rewarded.

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