Client Services Partner, Katie Collin, spoke to the Ockham Healthcare team on their recent podcast to discuss all things VAT. Katie covers who needs to be registered for VAT, what services incur VAT, Cost Sharing Groups and the VAT implications of the three models for PCNs. She has also produced a frequently asked questions document …
Don’t Worry About Hard or Soft Brexit – Think About Hard or Soft GP Mergers
The current preoccupation with Primary Care Networks will encourage some practices who will be working closely together to consider merging together. Last week I visited two practices, one PMS and one GMS, to help facilitate the merger by looking at each practice’s finances. One word of warning – mergers are not always a good idea. …
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Unintended Consequences of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for GPs
by Laurence Slavin, Partner Visited a large practice yesterday who have a mixture of salaried GPs, some of which have their indemnity payments paid by the practice and others who receive a higher rate of pay and pay the indemnity themselves. The welcome reduction of the indemnity costs now creates a division as those with …
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Final Pay Control – A Nasty Charge for GP Practices and Employers
by Laurence Slavin, Partner Unlike GPs whose pensions are based on their lifetime earnings, GP staff have their pensions based on their final year’s salary. You might see that there is an opportunity here to hike up the salary of good and loyal staff in their final years, which will reward them with a larger …
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