Can your practice sign up for the Phlebotomy LIS?
30 September 2020
Practices have been sent the final LIS documentation, a change log to show the amendments made following feedback and a comparison document between the “offer” in BHR and that in City and Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
Thank you to those who have signed up already. There is still time for practices to do so, and will mean we start to reduce the lengthy waits for our patients for non-urgent blood tests as the demand for appointments at the community services run by NELFT, the Hurley Group and Barts Health remains high.
In terms of clarification:
- You are able to sign up as a practice, just for your own patients
- You are able to sign up as a practice, just for your own patients – for urgent bloods only
- You can sign up to provide on behalf of your PCN or Borough
- This is an interim arrangement until the end of March 2021, whilst we complete the Phlebotomy review, which will include a bottom up costing exercise to inform any future payment arrangements.
- We are working with CEG on the reporting requirements to make this as simple as possible for practices. Please note there are no financial penalties if KPIs are not fully met
- We are working to identify a simple solution for interpractice referrals
- Training is available free of charge for this year
If anyone has any other questions or would like the documents sent to them, please do not hesitate to contact Mina Epelle in the Planned Care team.
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