# 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.

- Published: 1 May 2026
- Type: News
- Topic: Finance
- For: Practice managers, PCN leads
- Applies to: England
- Review: Reviewed by the Abtrace team
- Web page: https://ontherecord.abtrace.com/posts/global-sum-2026-27-pms-apms-uplift/

## 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.

## Who it affects

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

## What to do

- 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.

## Sources

- [NHS England: Implementing the 2026/27 GP contract changes to PMS and APMS contracts](https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/implementing-the-2026-27-gp-contract-changes-to-personal-medical-services-and-alternative-provider-medical-services-contracts/)
- [BMA: DDRB uplift 2026/27 FAQs](https://www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-contracts/pay/gp-pay/ddrb-uplift-202627-faqs)

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