Initially commissioners were required to invite practices by 15 April with a deadline of 30 April for them to sign-up. This was then changed to 13 May for the invite and 27 May for sign-up. Section 4.3 of the guidance available on this page details the dates in question.
Coding of A&G
The BMA has provided this advice on ensuring instances of A&G use covered by the DES are recorded properly:
It is important that practices ensure that all A&G requests are recorded correctly in order to claim for all eligible interactions from 1 April 2025. You may have support from local teams in helping you code these episodes of care. There is an appropriate code which can be used in EMIS and TPP and you can type this into the problem heading in the patient notes – ‘Choose and book advice and guidance request’. This relates to the SNOMED CT code 820641000000100.
You may need to collate the number of requests done each month via searches of the clinical system in order to then submit the number via CQRS. Some ICBs may help and support you in this process.