Payment of component 2 of the towards practice based commissioning directed enhanced service

The one-year ‘towards practice based commissioning’ directed enhanced service (TPBC DES) will end on 31 March 2007. Arrangements for the DES are set in legislation in the Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) (Amendment) (No. 3) Directions 2006. Payment of component 2 (C2) of the DES will depend on achievement against the objectives/targets set locally in practices’ DES plans.

(March 2007)