From 1 April 2019 the Scheme Access Team has introduced an annual check, at the request of the Department of Health and Social Care. The check is to ensure that the access granted to all non-automatic Employing Authorities is still relevant, and is the correct type of access for the organisation.
The process is on a 12 month rolling timeline. Employers will be contacted once a year to complete the request which will be sent via email. A response to the annual check is required within 2 weeks of receiving the initial email. The email will come from the Scheme Access Team email account which is nhsbsa.schemeaccess@nhs.net
The annual check request will be sent to the main EA contact held on our records.
Organisations that use a third party payroll provider are still required to complete and submit the check.
The following organisations will be contacted:
- GP Practices
- Federations / Super Practices
- Universities
- Local Authorities
- Hospices / Charities
- Independent Providers
- Social Enterprises
- Out of Hours Providers
- Compulsory transfer organisations that have approved access to the scheme.
Or referred to as:
- Classic APMS Contractor
- GMS / PMS Provider
- Independent Provider Employing Authority
- Closed Direction / Determination Employer
- Open Direction / Determination Employer
- New Fair Deal Employer
- BULK Transfer Employer
- Out of Hours Provider
This is in addition to the financial assurance statements that some organisations complete each year.