1. Payment Process – Local Commissioned Services (LCS) Laura Fox - 30.01.2015

2. - For 2014/15 practices have been receiving upfront monthly payments for 11 out of the 14 LCS offered in Croydon - These upfront payments are based on trends taken from 2012/13 and 2013/14 - Practices submit activity claims for all LCS through an excel workbook to Croydon CCG on a quarterly basis - The deadline for workbooks to be submitted is the 3 rd Friday following the end of the quarter The Process

3. - Received workbooks are checked for accuracy (any inaccuracies practices are contacted for clarification) and data is entered onto a master spreadsheet - Quarterly payments are made following the deduction of any monthly payments and a statement to detail this is sent to each practice - Payments are processed by Primary Care Support Service based at Surbiton on behalf of Croydon CCG -GMS practices – usually receive payment on or around 26 th of each month -PMS practices – usually receive payment on or around 15 th of each month -Any clawbacks that are required will be made at the end of this financial year. Practices will be contacted to advise on the process for doing this The Process cont…….

4. Payment Codes GMS codes will be as above but with a G instead of P at the end * The quarter number replaces the 1 in this code eg. Q2 in Quarter 2

5. Please contact : Laura Fox - Contracts Manager (LCS) Laura.fox2@nhs.net 020 3668 3117