There are a number of payments that hosting and supervising Post Graduate Doctors in Training attract.
All payments are made automatically via PCSE Online and can be expected to be received at the end of the payment month.
Please see below for specific guidance on each of these payments.
If you have any queries in reference to the below, please contact the East of England Business Support team. Alternatively, you can query payments directly via PCSE Online.
https://pcse.england.nhs.uk/contact-us
Eligibility
Education Supervisors (Tier 3) will be eligible for reimbursement of each ST1 and ST2 ESR, both in hospital and practice placements. This is paid automatically at a rate of £250.00 per report and includes Interim ESRs.
Process
Payments will be made automatically on a six monthly basis to the Educators Practice. It is therefore imperative you inform us, as well as your local training hub, if any details have changed since your first time approval or self-declaration.
Unless you are a locum educator, please do not submit any invoices as these will not be processed. If you are a locum educator, please contact us to discuss your payments.
Payments
- March 2024 to include ESRs for the period 10/2023 – 03/2024. PAID
- September 2024 to include ESRs for the period 01/04/2024 – 31/08/2024. PAID
- March 2025 to include ESRs for the period 01/09/2024 – 31/03/2025 (adjustments made in April) PROCESSED
- September 2025 to include ESRs for the period 01/04/2025 - 31/08/2025
- March 2026 to include ESRs for the period 01/09/2025 - 31/03/2026
Eligibility
The CPD allowance of £750 per year is for approved GP Tier 3 Trainers only. This will not be paid to Associate Trainers.
To qualify for this CPD payment Trainers must be;
- Active GP trainers (within the last 2 years)
- Currently on the Performers List
- Maintaining performance as a GP Trainer which must be evidenced in NHS appraisal documentation
Trainers must be able to evidence, should they be asked, that they meet all the qualifying criteria which may will form part of an audit trail for NHS Finance purposes.
Process
CPD payments will be paid automatically, usually once a year in November, via PCSE Online directly to the Educators Practice. Please do not submit an invoice as this will not be processed.
If you are not an approved educator at the time the payment is made you will not be in receipt of the payment until the following November.
If you are a locum educator, or there are any changes to your place of work since your last educator approval, you must let us, and the training hub, know.
Payments
- November 2023 for Tier 3 Educators approved on or before 30/09/2023. PAID
- November 2024 for Tier 3 Educators approved on or before 30/09/2024 IN PROCESS
- November 2025 for Tier 3 Educators approved on or before 30/09/2025
Eligibility
All Postgraduate Doctors in General Practice Training attract an annual Trainers Grant, paid retrospectively and calculated on a pro rata (daily) basis.
This payment is paid directly to the practice that hosts the trainee.
Process
All payments will be paid automatically, twice a year, via PCSE Online directly to the Educators Practice. Please do not submit an invoice as this will not be processed.
The Trainer Grant amount is set by the DDRB and is reviewed on an annual basis and typically published with the GP Educator Payscales (around September).
The amount for Trainer Grants increased in April 2024 to £10,381.64 per annum. This amount has been refelcted in the payments processed for September 2024.
Payments
- March 2024 for the period 1/09/2023 – 31/03/2024. PAID
- September 2024 for the period 01/04/2024 – 31/08/2024. PROCESSED
- March 2025 for the period 01/09/2024 – 31/03/2025 (adjustments made in April)
- September 2025 for the period 01/04/2025 - 31/08/2025
- March 2026 for the period 01/09/2025 - 31/03/2026
Please contact us via the East of England Business Support team if you have any queries relating to payments you have received.
