As part of the London polio campaign, GP practices should now be receiving weekly files from System C, CHIS IT system supplier, containing details of patients registered with their practice who have received a polio vaccination from another provider. GPs are requested to enter the data contained in these files into their clinical IT systems to ensure all patient records are up to date with polio vaccinations given.
We ask for practices not to upload/ enter any of the data they received last week until they receive further guidance on how to enter this.
In order to support practices, an incentive payment has been agreed by NHSE for GP practices to enter patient data onto their clinical IT system for vaccinations given by other providers.
Each ICB will oversee the uploading process with the practices and make the payments. Please note the conditions for payment below:
- Practices will be paid a fee of £1.50 for each patient record entered/uploaded to the clinical IT system (eg EMIS, TPP, Vision) for vaccinations given by other providers as part of the mass polio campaign
- The payments apply to vaccinations given from 1 August to 31 October 2022
- Data received should be uploaded by 31 October and within 5 working days of the actual activity going forward
- The payment scheme has a cap of 100,000 vaccinations across London, data entry for vaccinations over this volume will not be eligible for the incentive, further communications will be shared if this number of records is reached
This is a specific payment to support the London health and care system’s response to an urgent public health situation. NHSE is clear that this does not set a precedent for incentive payments for future data uploads.