Vision needs to include an update within DLM600 to allow automated submissions via GPES using SNOMED CT codes, which is compulsory from 2018/19. Unfortunately, this update will not be released in time for the first automated extracts beginning in May 2018.
Practices have two options to ensure that they receive their payments. The first is manual submission and the second is to have an automated extract at a later date than currently scheduled. The second option will delay their payments.
Vision expect to roll out the update by the end of June 2018 and expect the delay to affect the first two months of the financial year.
Vision practices in England who have signed up to any of the following 7 Enhanced Services, will be able to manually submit their figures for 2018/19 via CQRS until they receive the update from Vision:
Vision practices will need to use the “Automatic CQRS Reporting – Manual Fallback” audits provided by Vision, which contain the SNOMED CT business rules, to gather and submit figures to CQRS.
As usual, manual input to CQRS will be available shortly after the window for the automated extracts has closed. Current collection schedules can be found on the live timetable on the GP collections web pages.
NHS Digital has agreed to run GPES automated extracts at a later date (often known as ‘mop up’ extracts) to cover the periods when DLM 600 is not available. This will support Vision practices who do not wish to use the manual input option.
NHS Digital expects these ‘mop up’ extracts to have been completed by September 2018. If practices choose this option they can expect a resulting delay to their payments for the first two months activity.
GPES will review the extraction schedule and confirm which future scheduled extractions will include Vision practices once we confirm that DLM 600 has been fully deployed. This will ensure that Vision practices will have their figures collected automatically from that date.
Communications about this subject will be issued as follows:
We thank you for your support in the deployment and will continue to update you about this issue.
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