Some April fools jokes are not very funny.
Gillian
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> > > > Dear All,
> > > Have just heard from a colleague in London, an old DoH contact from m=
> y
> >PEC
> > > days, that a serious problem has just been noticed with the calculati=
> on
> >of
> > > Global Sum/MPIG for the new contract which starts today.
> > >
> > > He says almost 2 years ago when the original NC discussions took plac=
> e,
> > > the specimen incomes submitted by a cohort of representative pilot
> > > practices were based on a standardised template. Apparently this
> >template
> > > produced bland figures only and were not subdivided by source. In goo=
> d
> > > faith the negotiators assumed the figures referred to GMS income and =
> so
> > > were used to calculate GS/MPIG. Whilst back-checking the figures, it
> >only
> > > now been noticed by a manager in Quarry House to his considerable
> > > consternation that the template mistakenly included private and non-G=
> MS
> > > incomes within one of the figures.
> > >
> > > The upshot is the DoH now finds that the GS/MPIG grossly overestimate=
> s
> > > practice GMS income.
> > >
> > > PCT CEOs and FDs have been emailed this am asking them to recalculate
> > > GS/MPIG for their practices and immediately reduce practice incomes b=
> y
> > > 13.7%, the average private+non-GMS income figure for the above
> >practices.
> > > This reduction in income is to take effect from today, unless practic=
> es
> > > can email their primary care dept by 12.00 today showing their GS/MP=
> IG
> >is
> > > correct. In the case of EYPCT this is Mike McDermott, who will sort i=
> t
> > > out.
> > >
> > > Let me know how u get on by cc any mail.
> > >
> > > Dr Paul Caldwell
>
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