PCSE has agreed with NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) to extend the deadline for GPs’ Type 1 and 2 certificates, the body confirmed yesterday.
Monday 7 March is the new deadline for annual certificates. Failure to submit by 7 March means that late certificates will not be covered by the August Annual Benefits Statement (ABS) release.
As a rule of thumb, any GP who is not a GP partner, or not solely working as a GP locum, will probably be considered a Type 2 practitioner.
Every Type 2 medical Practitioner in England and Wales is required by law to complete an annual self-assessment form and arrange for any arrears of employee contributions to be sent to the relevant NHS Pension Scheme ‘employer’. Read more.
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, said: “Imagine my surprise when, after posting a poll on the NASGP Facebook group about what option members would prefer if given the choice of completing a Type 2 certificate or having a colonoscopy, that out of 150 replies, five chose to complete a Type 2 certificate. Such is the enthusiasm for this annual process that feels as if it’s lifted straight out of Kafka, occurring as it does during the year’s darkest days. Extending its deadline by another seven seems just another cruel irony.
“For any pensionable locum work, though, we’ve got your back with LocumDeck’s fully-automated Form As and Bs. Less Kafka, more Mills & Boon.”
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