Available on the Learning Hub

This programme has moved to the NHS Learning Hub. We recommend you read the information on this webpage to find out more about the programme before you access the learning (https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Catalogue/primary-medical-care-commissioning-and-contract-management)

More information about the Learning Hub and the migration of elfh programmes can be found here.

About the Primary Medical Care; Commissioning and Contract Management programme

This suite of specially designed sessions aims to provide NHS commissioners of primary medical care services (GP services) with a deeper appreciation of some of the more complicated commissioning or contract management scenarios they may face. They complement the ‘Policy and Guidance Manual’ for primary medical care that can be found on the NHS England/Improvement website.

The sessions within this suite will be of interest and benefit to commissioners and others with responsibility for overseeing primary medical care contracts in CCGs and NHS England/Improvement regional teams and can contribute to internal audit recommendations as well as individual continuous professional development

The sessions have been developed under the leadership and with the expertise of national policy, legal and commercial colleagues with input from ‘end users’ including some regional teams and CCGs

Course content – the suite of sessions includes:

1. Approving GP Practice Boundary Changes
2. Special Allocation Schemes (SAS)
3. GP Contractor Changes: Incorporation And Novation
4. Handling threats to the continuity of GP services
5. Developing a Primary Medical Care Service Procurement Strategy

Each module should take between 30-40 minutes to complete and there is a short self-assessment at the end of each module with results provided immediately.

How to access

To access this elfh programme, you will require a Learning Hub account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below. Note that if you hold a full elfh account, you can sign into the Learning Hub using your existing login credentials.

Register

To view the Primary Medical Care; Commissioning and Contract Management programme, select the View button below. If you already have a Learning Hub account, you will also be able to login and access the resources within the programme.

View

NHS healthcare staff in England – ESR

The Primary Medical Care; Commissioning and Contract Management programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this e-learning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.
Further details are available here.

Not an NHS organisation?

If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access to the Learning Hub, you may be able to access the service if you have an existing OpenAthens account. Please go to Learning Hub and sign in with your existing credentials.

If you do not have an existing OpenAthens account, please contact elfh directly to check whether you may be eligible for access.

Registering large numbers of users

If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Primary Medical Care; Commissioning and Contract Management programme, please contact elfh directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.

More information

Please select the following link for more information on how to use the Learning Hub