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Premises cost reimbursements (rent and rates)
Rent reviews
Lease renewals
GP Estates Planning (informing HCP Strategies)
Liaison with local councils - including responding to planning applications (S106), Inputs to Local Plan consultations, CIL bids
Premises improvement and development projects
PCN Estates assessments support - including PCN Service and Estates Toolkit
Capital funding projects.

GP contracting

Team email: kmicb.gpcontracting@nhs.net

Main team functions

Contract variations - partners joining or leaving the partnership
Sickness and Maternity/Paternity claims
CQC reimbursement claims
Boundary change applications; increase and decrease
List closure applications
Branch site applications; opening and closures
GMS/APMS contract queries
Contract sanctions
Directed Enhanced Services (Minor Surgery, SAS scheme, Learning Disabilities, Network Contract)
QOF
Practice mergers and contract terminations
Incorporation and disincorporation applications
Patient assignments (allocations)
Liaison with Local Medical Committee.

Primary care strategy and primary care networks

Team email: kmicb.pcstrategy@nhs.net and kmicb.pcnetworks@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Strategy

Primary care strategy implementation & oversight
Lead alignment of the estates, strategy, workforce, and transformation agenda with the priorities of the ICB
Liaison with HCPs, GP Federations, Workforce, Training Hub and integrated neighbourhood teams
Primary Care staff locum Bank.

Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

PCN development, changes & relationship management
PCN Network Contract DES support
PCN advice and guidance.

Primary Care Transformation

Team email: kmicb.gptransformation@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Primary Care Quality Standards (PCQS) and Local Enhanced Services
GP Resilience Matrix
Access Delivery Plan
Clinical Effectiveness
EROS
Data - APEX/GPAD
OPEL
NHS App
GP websites
Pharmacy First.

Ardens Support

Email: support-emis@ardens.org.uk.

Edenbridge Apex Support

Email: support@optum.com.

Pharmacy commissioning hub

Team email: frimleyicb.southeastcommunitypharmacy@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Responding to material gaps identified in Pharmacy Needs Assessment
Payments to community pharmacy contractors, dispensing appliance contractors and dispensing doctors
Applications to join Pharmaceutical List
Cleansing and maintenance of dispensing patient lists
Completion of Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework
Compliance Visits
Issuing remedial and breach notices
Withholdings, suspensions and removals
Post Payment Verification Investigations.

Pharmacy, optometry and dentistry

Team email: kmicb.pod@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Commissioning general dental services
Commissioning specialist dental services (e.g. orthodontic, oral surgery, sedation, restorative)
Commissioning special care and paediatric dental care, domiciliary dental services and unscheduled dental services
Additional Urgent Dental Appointments and Additional Hours for Dental Scheme
Special Education Schools Sight Tests and Dental Checks
Maximising local roll-out of nationally commissioned community pharmacy services including Pharmacy First, oral contraception and blood pressure check services
Strategic commissioning of local community pharmacy clinical services in collaboration with wider commissioning teams to support identified population health needs and gaps
Oversight of Community Pharmacy PCN Engagement Lead Scheme
Liaison with Local Pharmaceutical Committee, Local Dental Committee, and Local Optical Committee.

Optometry commissioning hub

Team email: frimleyicb.southeastoptometry@nhs.net

Main team functions

Managing the processes for new, varied and terminated contracts
Reviewing applications and associated documentation
Carrying out practice visits
Manage General Ophthalmic Services Contract compliance
Issuing remedial and breach notices
Post Payment Verification activities.

Primary Care Dental Team

Team email: frimleyicb.southeastdental@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Managing contract variations
Discretionary Payments for dental (S112)
Issuing remedial and breach notices
GDS/PDS contract queries
Practice mergers and contract terminations
Applications to changes practice premises
Contractual reviews (mid year and year end)
Contract assurance
Contract rebasing
Boundary change applications; increase and decrease
Incorporation and disincorporation applications
CQC and NHS BSA liaison.

The pharmacy, optometry and dental teams are hosted by Frimley ICB on behalf of the six south east ICBs. Dental will move to the K&M ICB in June 2026.

Neighbourhood health team

Team email: kmicb.neighbourhoodhealthteam@nhs.net

Main team functions:

To improve healthcare access and outcomes by integrating services within the local community as part of the Government's 10-year health plan - from hospital to community. Providing better care close to or in people's own homes, helping them to maintain their independence for as long as possible, only using hospitals when it is clinically necessary for their care.
To look at community beds provision and transformation working with Community Services Lead Provider Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
From treatment to prevention - promoting health literacy, supporting early intervention and reducing health deterioration or avoidable exacerbations of ill health
From analogue to digital - greater use of digital infrastructure and solutions to improve care.

Ageing well

Team email: kmicb.outofhospital@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Complex Care/Frailty (prevention, proactive care, falls)
Palliative and End of Life Care (Out of Hours) Support/crisis hubs, bereavement, ReSPECT
Enhanced Health in Care Homes (DSCR, NHS Mail, proactive care)
Dementia (Diagnosis, Dementia Co-Ordinators, GPwERs)
Personalised Care
Personal Health Budgets
Social Prescribing
Carers.

Cardiovascular Disease and Respiratory (CVDR)

Team email: kmicb.outofhospital@nhs.net

Main team functions:

COPD (Pulmonary Rehab, Spirometry, Self Care)
Asthma (FeNO, Self Care)
Diabetes (Education, Feet, Self Care, Pumps, Remission, Proactive Care)
CVD (Heart Failure, Cardiac Rehab, Diagnostics, pPCI)
CVD Prevention (Hypertension, Lipid, AF)
Long Covid
Stroke (TIA, Catalyst projects x2 (vocational Rehab/Time to Care), ESD, Rehab, HASU/ASU.

Community

Team email: kmicb.outofhospital@nhs.net

Main team functions:

Community Services & Contracts (incl: HacP community contracts and grants)
Discharge Pathways (1, 2 and 3)
Homelessness Health
Intermediate Care
Better Care Fund.

Adult Social Care - Digital Social Care Record - kmicb.dscr@nhs.net.

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