GP surgery business rate refunds to be sent to NHS England

NHS England wrote to all practice in March following appeals that were lodged with the Valuation Office Agency regarding business rate refunds.

Local Authorities are in the process of issuing business rate refunds together with supporting paperwork to practices.  Where the GP Practice is the named ratepayer, these refunds will be sent directly to the practice not to NHS England.

As business rates are reimbursed in full by NHS England any refunds received from Local Authorities will need to be returned to NHS England.

NHS England is working with GL Hearn to collate and verify all business rate refunds.

Some GP Practices have already paid rate refunds to NHS England and provided them with supporting paperwork. 

For those practices who have received a refund of rates and are awaiting further guidance, please can you now transfer the refund to the following bank account:

Account Name:      NHS England Client Account

Account Number:  33118525

Sort Code:             20-37-75

Bank:                     Barclays Bank plc

Reference:            (Please use your Practice Code)

Please send copies of all supporting paperwork to GL Hearn’s dedicated email address: NHSEngland.rates@glhearn.com.

Last updated : 25 May 2016

 

Clinical information dashboard delayed (22 May 2019)

The new Primary Care Indicators Dashboard was due to be launched on 1 May 2019. However, NHS England have encountered a number of problems relating to formatting and resolving...
Read more »

Premises update - May 2019 (22 May 2019)

Rent review process  The rent review process applies to all practices who rent their premises, regardless of who their landlord is.  Practices have been reporting delays following applications for a...
Read more »

Tips of the month May 2019 (22 May 2019)

We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for...
Read more »

Improving numeracy and data skills in general practice (22 May 2019)

We all use maths every day, whether we consciously think about it or not. Staff working in healthcare are no different. Last week included National Numeracy Day, the annual celebration...
Read more »

International Nurses Day 2019 (22 May 2019)

We celebrated International Nurses Day on 12 May by highlighting the contribution of nurses on social media.   Did you know that only 11.4%...
Read more »

Primary care networks update - May 2019 (22 May 2019)

The process for setting up primary care networks (PCNs) has now moved on to the approval stage, following last week’s deadline for submitting applications. CCGs have until the end of...
Read more »

Making social prescribing work in practice (22 May 2019)

Dr Jane Myat, of the Caversham Group Practice in Camden, explains how her practice has used social prescribing to improve the wellbeing of patients and staff. From July, approved Primary...
Read more »
Next Page »
« Previous Page