2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation

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The consultation on the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme is open until midnight at the end of Friday 28 February 2025.

The consultation documents and related materials are published below.

Responses to the consultation must be submitted via the online survey. A Word version of the survey questions is included in the supporting documents below and can be used to help develop your response.

Consultation notice

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This document sets out our proposals for the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme (HTML)

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This document sets out our proposals for the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme (PDF).

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This document contains the draft NHS Payment Scheme, as it would look were the proposals implemented.

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This document contains an impact assessment of our proposals for the NHS Payment Scheme.

Annexes

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This annex sets out the details of the process for responding to the consultation and the statutory objection process.

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This workbook contains the proposed 2025/26 NHSPS unit and guide prices and related information.

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This document contains information on currencies for individual services, including some currencies with unit prices, guide prices and without NHSPS prices.

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This document describes best practice tariffs (BPTs) and gives detailed guidance on the implementation and eligibility criteria for each BPT.

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This document covers the calculation of prices and the setting of the cost uplift and efficiency factors.

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This document describes the process for setting a notified payment limit for elective services, and all services paid for on an activity basis.

Supporting documents

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This document provides further guidance on payment mechanisms used by NHS providers (trusts and foundation trusts) – aligned payment and incentive (API) and low volume activity (LVA) block payments.

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This document provides further guidance on the market forces factor (MFF).

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This document provides guidance on the developing community currency models.

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This document provides guidance on the developing mental health currencies – mental health and neurodevelopmental resource groups (MHNRGs).

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A Word version of the consultation survey. This can be used to develop responses to the consultation. However, all responses must be submitted via the online survey.