Primary Care Medical Services (PCMS) Staff Briefing 27 June 2012 LACE

Background Immensely proud of the service you have delivered and continue to deliver Liverpool Primary Care Trust (LPCT) decision to put 10 practices out to tender New tender specification outlined Liverpool Community Health (LCH) along with other providers able to competitively bid to deliver the services LCH committed to delivering high quality, commercially viable services to our communities, ensuring quality and safety for patients and staff LCH wanted to bid and wanted to win. Difficult decision taken by LCH Board on 19 June not to tender for the practices

Commissioner Requirements  All 10 practices to provide 70 x 10 min GP (and GP only) appointments per 1000 weighted population.  Minimum requirement of 1 GP per 2000 patients moving to 1850 or less  Financial Envelope £90 per patient

What happens next? Contract to be awarded to new provider October 2012 New provider to deliver services from 1 February 2013 Formal TUPE consultation to commence when the new provider is known Staff engagement, information sharing and support to staff commences immediately There is no legal timetable for informing and consulting under TUPE. Information must be given before the transfer to enable the employer of any ‘affected’ employees to consult ‘appropriate’ employee representatives We believe that TUPE applies to all PCMS staff that are wholly or mainly assigned to the service

What is TUPE? The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 TUPE is an automatic right to be transferred to a new employer and receive protection It provides employees with the right to be informed and consulted It preserves terms and conditions of employment at the point of transfer It prohibits dismissals in connection with the transfer

How does TUPE impact on Pensions? Pensions don’t automatically transfer under TUPE legislation New employer is required to provide a ‘broadly equivalent’ pension scheme The new employer may be an NHS Trust or another organisation that can make provision for employees to stay in the NHS pension scheme Further details regarding pension schemes are available via the NHS staff passport document, the NHS Pensions agency website and further details will be provided when the new provider is announced

Supporting you Your manager is there to support you through this process The senior team and staff side will work closely with your managers to support you We will monitor staff leaving and service performance to offer appropriate support as and when required Programme of regular consultations and briefings to keep you up to date with progress 1-1s with your manager to discuss your transfer HR Support Staffside support Staff Support Service– free independent counselling service

More information Speak to your line manager Contact your staff side or HR representative HR and Staff Side surgeries (dates to be published) Web page currently being set up – Useful links -NHS Staff Passport – FAQs available – Dates of HR/StaffSide Surgeries and Future briefings The trust will continue to inform and consult with staff side and any other representatives until the transfer takes place The new employer(s) are likely to come in and talk to staff closer to the time of transfer.

More information Speak to your line manager Contact your staff side or HR representative HR and Staff Side surgeries (dates to be published) Web page currently being set up – Useful links -NHS Staff Passport – FAQs available – Dates of HR/StaffSide Surgeries and Future briefings The trust will continue to inform and consult with staff side and any other representatives until the transfer takes place The new employer(s) are likely to come in and talk to staff closer to the time of transfer.

Contact Details HR Contact details Sally McConnell on Vincent Scully on Staffside address Yew Tree Office Staff Support Service Confidential counselling on All details will be posted on the Intranet page

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