A Non-GP Provider is a partner, single-hander, or shareholder in a:
- General Medical Services (GMS) practice
- Personal Medical Services (PMS) practice
- Specialist Provider Medical Services (SPMS) practice
- Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) practice
They're not a GP.
For NHS Pension Scheme purposes a Non-GP Provider is classed as a whole-time officer.
If a non-GP Provider has more than one contract with more than one practice, they can only pension the actual pensionable profits from one contract only.
Their NHS pensionable pay is their share of the practice profits. This will include pensionable income in respect of ad-hoc GP work that their GP colleagues have elected to 'pool'.
Non-GP providers are classed as self-employed. They’re responsible for the employer and employee contributions.
Forms
Like their GP Provider counterparts, they must complete an Annual Certificate of Pensionable Profits and send it to their employing authority (EA) by the end of February for the previous scheme year.
EA
Their EA for:
- England is NHS England or Primary Care Support England (PCSE)
- Wales is the relevant Local Health Board