NHS 2020/2021 Q4 UDA Target Update

As of 04/01/2021 (Until 31/03/2021)

• As an NHS Practices, you must hit 45% of their target for the final quarter of the financial year to receive your full payment (this means you need to achieve 45% of your total contract target ÷ 4)

• There is a buffer zone of 36% which means if you hit 36%; anything below 45% which be adjusted incrementally e.g. hitting 40.5% of the target would equate to you receiving 90% of your full payment; hitting the minimum of 36% would mean you get paid 80% of your full payment for the quarter.

• If you fall under 36% you will only receive credit for the UDAs delivered – this will be a significant fall in payment and we don’t want practices in this predicament.

We have had confirmation from the board that where a patient has not had an appointment after 1^st January the UDA’s from the claim will not count towards the final quarter target.

Where a patient has an appointment after 1 January but fails to attend and their last appointment took place before the 31 December, for example, 28 October, once the form is submitted it will appear on a later schedule but the activity will be allocated towards the achievement of the minimum 20% target (20 July - 31 December).

If the failure to attend occurs after the 31 March but their last appointment had been between 1 January and 31 March and the form was submitted in April, May or June, it will appear on a later schedule but the activity will be allocated towards the achievement of the minimum 45% target for 1 January - 31 March 2020.

This means that only the following COTs will be counted in the final quarter window:

1. Is an incomplete COT but the has attended the practice between 1^st January 2021 and 31^st March 2021 (please not if an appointment takes place after the 31^st March this will go onto the 21-22 contract)

2. A COT is started before 1^st January 2021 but completed after 1^st January 2021

3. A COT is started and completed between 1^st January 2021 and 31^st March 2021

UDA’s that have been held or resubmitted and sent again from before this date will not be counted towards the final quarter target.