Notional Rent reimbursement time limit confirmed
NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has confirmed that GP practices have three years to challenge their notional rent reimbursement. Although it is wr...
GPs lose out as NHS local managers fail to claim money from developers
GPs are missing out on funding to improve their buildings because an NHS England local area team is failing to collect money owed from property develo...
Hunt: Government ‘recognises a problem’ with GP premises
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated that the government will invest more in GP premises following three consecutive years of funding pressures....
Jeremy Hunt will set out GP funding plans in letter to practices
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will outline GP funding plans for the coming years in a letter to all practices after the spending review concludes in No...
One in ten practices say premises could be ‘hazardous to health’
One in ten GP practices have hazards that could affect the health of patients and staff, according to a survey of GPs and practice managers. The su...
GP premises fund raided to boost seven-day access pilots
Exclusive NHS England has raided the GP premises development fund in order to prop up the Prime Minister’s seven-day access pilots, Pulse can reveal.
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Avoid costly claw-backs on income from premises
All practices should be aware of the steady increase in claw-backs by NHS England that has taken place since the re-drafting of the rules on premises ...
NHS property organisations reveal new premises planning service
NHS property management organisations have revealed details of a new estates planning service that could help commissioners develop premises for new i...
GPs urged to review rents for pharmacy tenants
GP practices letting space to pharmacies should remember to review their rental income amid rising market values, surveyors have said. The advice c...
GP practices denied millions of pounds in premises funding
Millions of pounds collected by councils to support GP premises funding could be lost because of the fragmentation of health, care and planning, GPonl...
GP premises planning system ordered by NHS bosses
Ministers and NHS bosses have ordered a new strategic GP premises planning system to help local commissioners make better use of NHS premises…
Practices notional rent significantly underfunded
GP surgeries throughout the UK who challenged their notional rent in 2014 found their practices to be significantly underfunded and received average i...