Request

Please provide copies of all documents and procedures you hold related to the reimbursement of payments to GPs, PCNs, pharmacies, and any other parties administering COVID-19 vaccinations on behalf of the NHS and subsequently reimbursed for this service.

Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. This is because we are not involved in any calculations of ’reimbursement’ for administering Covid-19 vaccinations.

NHSBSA calculates the fees for Covid-19 vaccinations as set out in the NHS England service specification; this is the most recent version at the time of writing: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PRN00997i-gp-covid-19-es-specification-1-sept-2024-31-march-2026.pdf.Please note, that I will refer to this document as the ‘Service Specification' in the rest of this response.

The calculation includes any "per item" or "per dose" payments that are applicable as described in paragraph 14.1 in the Service Specification. The NHSBSA calculates the total of those payments for each "PCN Grouping" represented by a single GP Practice as described in section 14.5 in the Service Specification. This is based on the declarations or claims that they have made using the NHSBSA 'Manage Your Service' system and in accordance with any other applicable clauses in the enhanced service specification document.

NHSBSA prepares a single comma separated values text file containing Covid-19 payments that includes one line for each GP practice that is due a Covid-19 vaccination payment that month. Each 'line' includes four pieces of information:

• the GP practice NHS Organisation Data Service (ODS) code

• the total payment that was calculated in pounds

• the month in which the payment calculation was made

• the month or the list of months for when the vaccinations were dispensed