Childhood 6-in-1 Vaccination Programme
Background
This service is for the following patient groups receiving the Hexavalent DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccination:
Children aged 8 weeks who have not yet attained 10 years old:
Each 6-in-1 vaccine delivered to a child in this cohort will accrue an item of service fee.
Children aged 3 years 4 months who have not yet attained 10 years old:
Each DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV vaccine delivered to a child in this cohort will accrue an item of service fee.
Patients aged 10 years and over:
GP practices, who vaccinate patients from 10 years old and over, who present with incomplete or uncertain vaccination history, can claim reimbursement of an IoS fee.
This collection is not a proxy for appropriate clinical delivery and should be used just for payment purposes.
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional team commissions this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
NHS Employers Vaccination and Immunisation requirements
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All GP system suppliers
Classification: Vaccination and Immunisation programme
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
NHS England, guidance, and technical requirements will be published here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/
The legal documents (Regulations, DES Directions, and the Statement of Financial Entitlements) underpinning the GMS contract for [year] can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-contract-directions-2019-to-2020
The requirements for this Service are covered by the SFE.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
Childhood Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme (Two and Three Year Olds)
Background
In 2012, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended the seasonal influenza programme be extended to all children aged 2 to under 17. The roll-out of this extended programme is being phased in over a period of time, to ensure a manageable and successful implementation process.
This enhanced service, delivered by GP practices, offers vaccination to all children aged two and three years. GP practices should offer vaccination, using the recommended vaccine, to all children aged two and three, but not children aged four years on 31 August 2022.
Four year olds have been removed from the enhanced service and transferred to school’s programme.
Purpose and outline
The influenza immunisation programmes are to protect those who are most at risk of serious illness should they develop influenza and to reduce transmission of the infection, thereby contributing to the protection of vulnerable patients who may have a suboptimal response to their own immunisations. In order to reduce the impact of influenza on children and lower influenza transmission to other children, adults and those in clinical risk groups of any age, GP practices are required to proactively identify all those for whom influenza immunisations are indicated and to compile a register of those patients for whom influenza immunisation is recommended.GP practices will receive an item of service (IoS) payment of £10.06 per dose in respect of each registered patient who is aged 2 and 3 years of age (but not aged less than 2 or aged four or over on 31 August 2023) who is vaccinated using the recommended vaccine from 1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Regional Local Offices commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
2023/24: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 01 September 2023
Quality service end date: 31 March 2024
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cegedim and Emis)
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Hepatitis B (Newborn Babies) Vaccination Programme 2022/25
Background
Babies whose mother has Hepatitis B are at increased risk of contracting the disease. This programme is intended to identify these newborn babies and ensure they receive vaccination at birth (in hospital or during home births and by GP’s by exception), the second dose at 1 month and a completing dose at the age of 1 year.
GP practices are required to carry out a heel prick test and update the infant’s records with the result of the test to confirm whether the baby is positive for Hepatitis B infection.
In addition, where the vaccine status of a baby is incomplete or there has been significant delay, practices may opportunistically complete the administration of the required doses as clinically appropriate and claim for payment. This means there is no end date for when the vaccine might be delivered.
Practices must claim within 6 months of the vaccination in line with the SFE.
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
This is a GMS contract additional service included in the core GP contract.
The requirements for this programme are set out in the Statement of Financial Entitlements: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-primary-medical-services-directions-2013
Clinical guidance can be found in the relevant chapter of the Green Book: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book
Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)
To access this service on CQRS, please check that you have access to the correct service type.
In CQRS, select ‘My Account’ from the top of the page to see a full list of all viewable services.
If you do not have access to this type of service, ask your user administrator to update your profile.
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
NHS England, guidance, and technical requirements will be published here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/
The legal documents (Regulations, DES Directions and the Statement of Financial Entitlements) underpinning the GMS contract for [year] can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-contract-directions-2019-to-2020
The requirements for this Service are covered by the SFE.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
HPV Vaccination Programme
Purpose and outline
The HPV vaccine is routinely provided by schools. However, some students may miss the schools programme and present to their GP practice for vaccination. Vaccination is to be provided opportunistically or on request for those aged 14 up to, but not including the age of 25 years if the patient has missed the schools provision. On 5 August 2022 JCVI recommended a move from a two-dose, to a one dose schedule for the routine adolescent programme up to, but not including the age of 25 years. This change will align general practice provision with the school’s programme implemented from 1 September 2023. The change will not apply to those individuals who are known to have a HIV status or who are known to be immunocompromised who should be offered a three-dose schedule.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Region’s commission this service from GP practices.
2023/25:Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 September 2023
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cegedim and Emis)
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme
Purpose and outline
GP practices are entitled to a monthly health check completion payment as agreed by the contractual negotiations comprising £140.00 for each patient aged 14 years or over in the financial year on the practice’s QOF Learning Disability register who received a compliant health check delivered by the practice in that month. Only one payment may be made as regards to any patient in any one financial year. This service is an enhanced service that is agreed with General Practitioners committee England of the BMA. This service will support delivery and payment of the service. It will also provide important activity data which will support future commissioning decisions made by NHS England
How this service is commissioned and provided
This service will be offered to GP Practices by their Commissioner.
Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2024
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All GP system suppliers
Co-commissioning: Yes
Classification: Enhanced service (co-commissioned)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Immediate Necessary Treatment – Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme
Purpose and outline
The seasonal flu programme is a long, established vaccination programme that is proven to save lives and deliver a cost-effective prevention programme. High levels of flu immunisation is one of the most effective interventions that can be made to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. Flu is a key factor in NHS winter pressures. It impacts on both those who fall ill and the NHS services that provide direct care and on the wider health and social care system that supports people in at-risk groups. The annual immunisation programme is a critical element of the system-wide approach for delivering robust and resilient health and care services throughout the year, helping to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A&E.
The current 2021/22 seasonal influenza programme has now been expanded to include a new cohort for frontline primary care staff and enables the vaccination of some eligible cohorts regardless of whether they are registered with the GP practice. The cohorts that can be vaccinated by any practice are:
frontline health and social care staff employed by:
– a registered residential care/ nursing home
– a voluntary managed hospice provider
those living in:
– long-stay facilities
– nursing homes
– other long-stay health or social care facilities
– a house bound Patient (defined in the ES specification)
locum GPs
primary care contractors (primary medical services, pharmaceutical services, primary dental services or general ophthalmic services) and their frontline staff, including locums, involved in the patient-facing frontline provision of NHS primary care services and non-clinical staff who play an integral part in patient-facing care on a day-to-day basis
For those patients who are unregistered with the GP practices will need to recorded with Immediate Necessary Treatment status and coded as needs influenza vaccination.
GP practices receive an item of service (IoS) payment of £10.06 per dose administered of each patient eligible for seasonal flu vaccination.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional Local Offices commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1st September 2021
Quality service end date: 31st March 2022
Payment period: One off –payment expected in May 2022
Collection frequency: Annual – One off
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (Cegedim, Emis and TPP)
Co-commissioning: No
Classification: Vaccination and immunisation programme
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to the supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) Vaccination Programme
This service enables NHS England to commission MenACWY immunisation services of sufficient quantity and quality to prevent the infections and outbreaks caused by these organisms.
Background
In February 2015, Public Health England (PHE) presented data to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on a continuing increase in MenW disease in England and Wales since 2009, with the most recent cases increasing in an accelerated manner.
JCVI agreed this constituted an outbreak situation and that population level control of MenW was required with urgency, to reduce the risk of further rapid increases in disease across the population.
JCVI advised that there should be a programme to vaccinate all adolescents aged 14-18 years. Vaccination of this cohort is expected to protect the young people themselves and to provide herd protection for the wider population.
Purpose and outline
The purpose of the service is to enable NHS England to commission MenACWY immunisation services of sufficient quantity and quality to prevent the infections and outbreaks caused by these organisms.
The JCVI advised that there was an outbreak of Meningococcal W in 2016 and a vaccination programme of all 14-18 year old patients was agreed. The completing dose and 18 years on 31 August programmes to achieve this have now been combined in to one programme for those who attained the age of 14 years but not yet attained 25 years who have not been vaccinated under the schools programme.
The conjugate vaccine (ACWY) will be provided by central supply for all patients in this cohort.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional teams commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
NHS Employers Vaccination and Immunisation guidance
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic – not all services start automatic extraction at the start of service – refer to online timetable for full details
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, INPS, Microtest and Emis)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
Meningococcal B (MenB) Infant Vaccination Programme
Background
This service enables NHSE to commission MenB immunisation services of sufficient quantity and quality to prevent the infections and outbreaks caused by these organisms.
In March 2014, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended the vaccination of infants against meningococcal group B infection (MenB) to protect them from this strain of bacteria.
There are 12 types of Meningococci (A, B, C, E, H, I, K, L, W, X, Y and Z). B, C, Y and W are the most common types in the UK. Since the introduction of the routine MenC programme in November 1999 the number of cases of MenC have greatly reduced.
This routine programme is a 3 dose programme for babies aged two, four and 12 to 13 months of age. The two doses at two and four months constitute the primary course required to ensure optimum protection for babies ahead of peak incidence at five months. The third dose at 12 to 13 months provides longer term protection.
Practices are only paid for vaccinations carried out by the practice.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional teams commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
NHS Employers Vaccination and Immunisation guidance
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, INPS, Microtest and Emis)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
MMR Vaccination Programme
Background
We require an automated payment service for the following patient groups receiving MMR vaccination:
– Children 0-5 years
– Children 6-15 years
– Adults 16 years and over
– Children aged 0-5 years
Each MMR vaccine delivered to a child in this cohort will accrue an item of service fee of £10.06.
We will also require an end of year count to evaluate cohort coverage in those aged 2 years and those aged 5 years.
Children aged 6-15 years
Each MMR vaccine delivered to a child in this cohort will accrue an item of service fee of £10.06.
Adults aged 16 years and over
GP practices who vaccinate patients at the age of 16 and over who were previously unvaccinated, can claim reimbursement of an IoS fee of £10.06.
Practices are only paid for vaccinations carried out by the practice, not for those given by other providers.
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional team commissions this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
NHS Employers Vaccination and Immunisation requirements
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All GP system suppliers
Classification: Vaccination and Immunisation programme
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
NHS England, guidance, and technical requirements will be published here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/
The legal documents (Regulations, DES Directions, and the Statement of Financial Entitlements) underpinning the GMS contract for [year] can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-contract-directions-2019-to-2020
The requirements for this service are covered by the SFE.
PCV Hib/Men C Vaccination Programme
Background
This vaccine boosts protection against Hib disease and protects against meningococcal disease caused by type C Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. It is given at 12-13 months in the UK schedule. The Hib/MenC vaccine was introduced in 2006 as a result of studies which showed that protection against Hib provided by the 5-in-1 vaccine given in the first year waned during the second year of life. It is a combination vaccine, which reduces the number of injections a child needs.
This childhood vaccination programme commissioned from GP practices. Currently there is no standard payment tool to support this programme and therefore has previously required local solutions which puts additional workload burdens on both the GP practice and NHS england local teams.
By creating a manual payment portal on CQRS, we provide a single national solution that will reduce the burden and deliver a solution which links to the national payment solutions.
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
This is a GMS contract additional service included in the core GP contract.
The requirements for this programme are set out in the Statement of Financial Entitlements: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-primary-medical-services-directions-2013
Clinical guidance can be found in the relevant chapter of the Green Book: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation programme
To access this service on CQRS, please check that you have access to the correct service type. In CQRS, select ‘My Account’ from the top of the page to see a full list of all viewable services. If you do not have access to this type of service, ask your user administrator to update your profile.
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
NHS England, guidance and technical requirements will be published here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/
The legal documents (Regulations, DES Directions and the Statement of Financial Entitlements) underpinning the GMS contract for [year] can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-contract-directions-2019-to-2020
The requirements for this Service are covered by the SFE.
Your Regional Local Offices (RLO) have the option of using CQRS to manage this service or to continue to use local process. If your RLO decides to administer the service via CQRS, your practice will receive an offer message through CQRS.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
Pertussis Vaccination Programme
Background
The Pertussis vaccination programme was introduced in October 2012, following a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) for the implementation of a temporary Pertussis (pregnant women) vaccination programme. This was in response to an outbreak of infection that led to a number of infant deaths.
Purpose and outline
The purpose of the service specification is to enable NHS England to commission Pertussis in pregnant women immunisation services of sufficient quantity and quality to prevent infections and outbreaks.
The JCVI has advised that Pertussis in pregnant women vaccination programme should be extended for at least 5 years. JCVI considered that immunisation could be offered at one of the routine antenatal appointments and that immunisation within weeks 16 to 32 of pregnancy is likely to be optimal.
Immunisation within weeks 16 to 38 of pregnancy may ensure greater overlap between the period of maximal antibody levels and the period of trans-placental antibody transfer. Offering immunisation from 28 weeks would provide some protection to infants born prematurely, who may be particularly vulnerable to complications from pertussis.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Regional Local Offices commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specificationsNHS Employers Vaccination and Immunisation requirements
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
Included in data collection: All system suppliers
Co-commissioning: No
Classification: Vaccination and immunisation programme
Service user guides
Our service guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded on a monthly basis.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept IDs.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination Programme
Background
Help for general practices wishing to understand the purpose of the Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination programme; who it’s aimed at, how to claim for a 5 yearly dose, how it’s commissioned and how it’s provided. Also find service guides and business rules for payment count/read codes.
Purpose and outline
The pneumococcal vaccines protect against pneumococcal infections caused by the bacterium streptococcus pneumonia. The pneumococcus is one of the most frequently reported causes of bacteraemia and meningitis, and it’s also the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia.
Invasive pneumococcal disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and can affect anyone. However, it’s more common in the very young, the elderly and those with impaired immunity or chronic conditions.
This programme delivers a consistent vaccination service across England for patients aged 65 or over and at-risk patients aged 2 years to 64 years. This is in line with the guidance in the Green Book, which should be used as guidance to identify qualifying patients. This service will support practices and area teams in the delivery and monitoring of this programme.
Boosters are required at five yearly intervals in people with no spleen, splenic dysfunction or chronic renal disease, as outlined in the Green Book.
Practices should contact their commissioner to reach local agreement on the re-vaccination of these patients.
Where local agreement has been reached, the commissioner can manually adjust achievement on CQRS to facilitate payment.
Claiming for a 5 yearly dose
Practices need to raise this with their RLO, who will manually adjust the payment. This is covered in the:
service specification (footnote 37, page 22)
V&I guidance
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional teams commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
NHS Employers – Vaccination and Immunisation requirements
Please also refer to the pneumococcal at-risk clinical codes document on this page. It shows practices where ‘at-risk’ conditions should be automatically recognised in the search. Anything other than these won’t otherwise be picked up, and will require an extra code to be counted in the collection.
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic
Included in data collection: All system suppliers
Co-commissioning: No
Classification: Vaccination and immunisation programme
Service user guides
Our service guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded on a monthly basis.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
Rotavirus (Routine Childhood Immunisation Vaccination Programme)
Background
Immunisation is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. High immunisation rates are key to preventing the spread of infectious disease, complications and possible early death, along with protecting the population’s health through individual and herd immunity. This service is one of a number of programmes commissioned for delivery by general practice, following recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI).
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England Regional team commissions this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
2022/25: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2022
Quality service end date: 31 March 2025
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All GP system suppliers
Co-commissioning: No
Classification: Vaccination and Immunisation programme
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
Payment count/clinical codes
Commissioners and practice should refer to our supporting business rules for information on management information counts and clinical codes.
Further information to support users can be found on the SNOMED CT Implementation in Primary Care site , including Codes to support Technical Requirements 18-19 – a document providing appropriate Read v2 and CTV3 codes for SNOMED CT concept ID.
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme
Background
The seasonal flu programme is a long-established vaccination programme that is proven to save lives and deliver a cost-effective prevention programme. High levels of flu immunisation is one of the most effective interventions that can be made to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. The annual immunisation programme is a critical element of the system-wide approach for delivering robust and resilient health and care services throughout the year, helping to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A&E
Purpose and outline
The seasonal flu programme is a long-established vaccination programme that is proven to save lives and deliver a cost-effective prevention programme. High levels of flu immunisation is one of the most effective interventions that can be made to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. The annual immunisation programme is a critical element of the system-wide approach for delivering robust and resilient health and care services throughout the year, helping to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A&E. For 2023/24 seasonal flu will continue to allow vaccinations of both General Medical Service-registered (covers GMS, PMS and APMS practices) and INT-registered patients.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Region’s commission this service from GP practices.
2023/24: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 01 September 2023
Quality service end date: 31 March 2024
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cegedim and Emis)
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Shingles Vaccination Programme
Purpose and outline
In 2019 JCVI recommended the replacement of Zostavax with Shingrix and expansion of the cohorts in the Shingles Vaccination Programme. Replacement of Zostavax with the 2-dose Shingrix vaccine to the routine 70-79 year old cohort and a catch-up is being introduced for individuals from 65 years of age. Stocks of the Zostavax vaccine are still available and will therefore be used up before NHSE remove the relevant count from this service. For Shingrix, immunocompetent individuals will remain eligible until they attain the age of 80 years for first doses and 81 years for second doses. The changes also include the expansion of the immunocompromised cohort to include individuals aged 50 and over. There is no upper age limit for this cohort. The recommendations from JCVI will be implemented from September 2023. Practices are only paid for vaccinations carried out by the practice or sub-contracted by the practice, not for those given by other providers.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Region’s commission this service from GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
2023/24: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 September 2023
Quality service end date: 31 August 2024
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Cegedim and Emis)
System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I )
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Weight Management Referral enhanced service
Background
Obesity is a risk factor for the development of several long-term conditions and serious illness including COVID-19. There’s evidence the number of people living with obesity have fallen during the pandemic, which is not in line with the public health figures.
The aim of the Enhanced Service is:
To support practices to develop and implement a proactive approach to identify patients defined as obese. Obesity is defined as a BMI >= 30 or >= 27.5 for those of Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups.
To reward practices for engaging with patients on weight management and to support those who are ready to make behavioural changes to do so through referral to weight management programmes.
Claims for payments for this programme are made monthly, after the referral. Practices are required to enter the number of referrals each month within 12 days of the end of the month when the referral was made. ”
Purpose and outline
The purpose is to calculate, report and pay for activity undertaken in line with contractual agreement.
How this service is commissioned and provided
NHS England service specification, guidance and technical requirements will be published here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/
The requirements for this Service are covered by the Enhanced Service specification.
2023/24: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2023
Quality service end date: 31 March 2024
Payment period: Monthly
Collection frequency: Monthly
Manual or automatic entry: Manual data collection
Co-commissioning: Yes
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service. Activity and achievement should be recorded monthly.
