5 reasons your GP practice should be considering payroll outsourcing.

Many practices turn to external payroll service providers for a number of different reasons and when it comes to payroll many practices forget they could enjoy the freedom that outsourcing can bring. Allowing an external service provider with dedicated expertise take care of your payroll can bring a host of benefits to your GP practice.  

Below are 5 of the biggest reasons your GP Practice should switch to outsourced payroll:

1. Minimise your automatic enrolment stress

Automatic enrolment is the biggest change to pensions in decades and coupled with Real Time Information has forced practices to re-evaluate their skills in this area and ability to focus on payroll.

2. Save time

Payroll is a vital cog in any practice, but handling it and keeping up to date with all the changes can be a time-consuming task. Add to that software updates and payroll training, external providers handle all these elements to help you to free up more time to focus on your practice and your patients.

3. Reduce your costs

Payroll software licensing, training costs, payslip printing and distribution expenses all add up. Outsourcing your payroll means that you could not only save time but vital money as well.

4. Utilise the expertise of experienced payroll professionals

Rather than one or two people within your practice having the skills and knowledge to undertake payroll, using external service providers can give you access to a much wider range of knowledge, experience and expertise from professionals who have spent years dedicated to payroll.

5. Improve efficiency

Saving time, reducing costs and removing a big administrative chunk of your day can help streamline your internal processes. Not only that, you have access to a huge variety of reports which can be specialised to your specific needs for example: your NHS Pensions summary.

The above are just some of the most common reasons to consider outsourced payroll to help your practice manage your payroll. Some providers, like our team here at IRIS handle your employee queries as well so you don’t have to.

A tailor-made service

Another great feature of outsourcing can mean you can request the parts of the service you require and not the bits you don’t. For example, if your practice just needs help printing and distributing your payslips that’s no problem.  

IRIS AE Managed Payroll Service

The payroll outsourcing team have over 30 years’ experience, are BACS approved and are always there to make sure your payroll runs smoothly and on time. With an extensive understanding of the GP Practice sector, it means we’re one of the best providers placed to offer payroll outsourcing

Find out more about payroll outsourcing 

Download the latest payroll outsourcing guide

To find out how IRIS are helping businesses and accountants stage visit iris.co.uk/aeinsightIRIS are proud to be supporting the ‘No-one gets left behind’ campaign launched by Accounting Web. The campaign has been launched to alert as many accountants as possible to the obligations implied by automatic enrolment. 

Stephanie Coward

Managing Director, HCM

Stephanie Coward is Managing Director for HCM at IRIS, where she leads the strategy, innovation and growth of the organisation’s HR and payroll portfolio. She is responsible for positioning IRIS as a trusted partner to HR professionals and ensuring its solutions support the evolving needs of modern workforces.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Stephanie brings deep commercial and operational expertise, with a passion for improving the employee experience through technology.

Stephanie is committed to advancing IRIS’ HCM offering and helping organisations build more resilient, empowered workforces.