Finance · 1 May 2026 · 2 min read

Global sum rises to £130.07 per weighted patient for 2026/27

NHS England confirmed the 2026/27 global sum and how PMS and APMS contracts get the same £6.73 per weighted patient uplift.

01 / What's changed

The GMS global sum goes from £123.34 to £130.07 per weighted patient from 1 April 2026, a 5.5% uplift covering pay and expenses.
PMS and APMS practices get the same net uplift of £6.73 per weighted patient, usually based on list size at 1 January 2026. ICBs are asked to update local contracts as soon as possible.
The BMA says the DDRB award for GPs is 3.5% and flows through this global sum figure, so the uplift will not need to be paid in arrears this year.

GMS, PMS and APMS practices in England, and PCNs, whose 2026/27 Network Contract DES payments were set out in the same guidance.

Check your April payments reflect £130.07 per weighted patient, or the £6.73 uplift if you hold a PMS or APMS contract.
If you hold a PMS or APMS contract with an agreed out of hours deduction, check it now matches the GMS figure of 4.70%, or £6.11 per weighted patient.
Ask your ICB when your local contract variation will be issued if it has not arrived.
PCNs: check core PCN funding is paid at £3.059 per patient a year and Enhanced Access at £8.903 per adjusted patient.