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Supporting practice based commissioning in 2007/08 by determining weighted capitation shares at practice level
Toolkit and guidance
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:26 January 2006
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Alternative title:Determining practice fair shares budgets: Toolkit and guidance
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:6053
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Copyright holder:Crown
The Department of Health has developed a simple toolkit that can be used to determine weighted capitation indicative budgets at practice level. The data files for use in the toolkit have now been updated to include 2006 data.
The weighted capitation formulae are benchmark guide to determine 'fair resource shares' and not an automatic means to set indicative budgets. As detailed in 'Practice based commissioning: Practical Implementation', practice indicative budgets in 2007/08 should be calculated on the basis of actual activity (at 2007/08 prices), current formulae for prescribing plus uplift and weighted capitation where no historic data is available. The guidance states that practices that are further than 10% from fair shares should make progress towards the fair share target, but pace of change measures should not be overly aggressive.
This guidance is split into two sections. The first is a guide to using the toolkit, and the second is a more general guide on how the outputs of the toolkit should be used. It should be read in conjunction with 'Practice based commissioning: Practical implementation'.
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